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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The church of S. Lazaro, Macau is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a church with a cross on a pedestal and people with parasols. The church is set in a scenic location with a distant view of a convent. It's interesting because the artist included everyday people in the scene, which gives us a glimpse of life in Macau at that time. You can learn more about this style by looking at the technique: cross-hatching.
The drawing depicts the church of S. Lazaro in Macau, featuring a cross on a pedestal and figures holding a parasol, with a distant view of the Penha Hill convent. Part of an album containing 175 sketches made in China and India, it was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of a collection of 93 drawings by George Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist in India before settling in Macau in 1825, where he remained 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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