10
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A building in Macau is a 10 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a two-storey building set into a high wall. The building looks old and worn down. It has a Chinese figure seated on a stone block outside. You can see a lot of detail in the walls and the figure. The artist drew this scene carefully. To learn more about the methods used to create this detailed scene, look up the technique: cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a ruined two-storey structure integrated into a tall wall, with a Chinese figure seated on a stone block. The work is part of an album containing 175 sketches made in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally comprising 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, created this work during his time in the Portuguese enclave frequented by European and North American merchants.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George Chinnery (Chinese: 錢納利; 5 January 1774 – 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China.
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