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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A gateway with a domed turret, Macau is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a drawing of a gateway with a domed turret in Macau. The scene shows figures by a double wooden doorway within a substantial stone wall. This drawing is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what Macau looked like back then, with its mix of stone and wooden structures. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a stone wall with a double wooden doorway, where figures are gathered, surmounted by a small domed turret with an aperture. The work is part of an album containing 175 sketches made during Chinnery’s travels in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, comprising 93 drawings by the artist. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, produced this drawing 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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