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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Monte Fort, Macau is a 18 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a drawing of a fort with a house below it, where the title "Monte Fort, Macau" is written. This drawing is a sketch for a title page of a series of drawings. It's interesting because the title is inscribed on the side of the house, which is a unique detail. The artist used careful lines to create this drawing, similar to the style of artist: Chinnery, George.
This sketch by George Chinnery served as a preliminary drawing for a title page, featuring an inscription on a house wall beneath Monte Fort in Macau. It is part of an album containing 175 sketches made during Chinnery’s travels in China and India. The work was later bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by the artist. Chinnery, who spent his later years in Macau after moving from India in 1825, is known for his portraits and landscapes in British colonial settings.
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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