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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Part of the A-Ma temple, Macau is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a drawing of a temple with a circular gate and a harbor in the background. The drawing shows a specific temple in Macau, which is a city with a mix of Chinese and Portuguese influences. This mix of cultures is reflected in the temple's architecture. The detailed lines in this drawing are similar to those created using the technique: cross-hatching.
The drawing depicts part of the A-Ma temple in Macau, oriented toward the northwest, featuring the circular "moon gate" on the right and the Inner Harbour on the left. It is one of 175 sketches compiled in an album of works made during travels in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, containing 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852.
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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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