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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Red Fort, Canton (Guangzhou) is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a fort by a river, with buildings and trees surrounding it. This drawing is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what the area looked like back then. The details are precise, showing the layout of the fort and its surroundings. To learn more about the style used in this drawing, look into the technique of cross-hatching.
The drawing depicts the Red Fort in Canton (Guangzhou), situated along the northern bank of the Pearl River opposite the Western trading establishments known as the Factories. Part of an album containing 175 sketches made in China and India, the work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of a collection of 93 drawings by George Chinnery. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, spent his later years in Macau, traveling frequently to Canton between 1825 and 1832.
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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