1836
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A street with a damaged stone wall, Macau is a 1836 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a damaged stone wall in the middle of a street, with a bigger building behind it. The wall has a big hole in it, and you can see the building's parapet. This drawing is interesting because it shows everyday life in Macau, which was a Portuguese colony at the time. To learn more about this style of drawing, look into the technique: cross-hatching.
The drawing depicts a damaged stone wall with a central breach, beyond which a taller building with a parapet is visible. It is part of an album containing 175 sheets of sketches made in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally containing 93 drawings by George Chinnery. Chinnery, a British artist who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, created works that reflected his experiences in the region.
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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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