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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The British 'factory' on the Praya Grande, Macau is a 6 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing shows a British trading base on the Praya Grande in Macau. It's a detailed scene with buildings and a gateway. The artist included a study of pigs on the back, which is an interesting extra detail that suggests the artist was observing everyday life in Macau. You can learn more about this style by looking at the technique of cross-hatching.
The drawing depicts the British trading base known as the factory on the Praya Grande in Macau, alongside the gateway leading to the Governor's residence, with a study of pigs on the reverse. It is part of an album containing 175 sketches made in China and India. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852.
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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