1825
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
View of Macao is a 1825 watercolor by George Chinnery, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a quiet harbor scene with a few small boats. One boat has people unloading what looks like a cow or ox. On the shore, a man walks with a fishing pole, and another carries a bundle. In the background, a hill rises with a building on top, and a larger boat with a curved sail floats near the shore. The colors are soft and muted, with light blue skies and earthy tones. The painting feels calm and everyday, but the artist likely sketched this from life. The boats and animals suggest a working port, not a grand city. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
George Chinnery’s 1825 watercolour *View of Macao* depicts the city’s landscape and architecture. Bequeathed by James Orange in 1928, the work entered the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of a larger collection of Chinnery’s pieces. Orange, a founding partner of the Hong Kong firm Leigh & Orange, contributed to scholarship on Chinnery’s career in China. The watercolour reflects the artist’s time in Macao, where he worked after leaving Ireland in 1802.
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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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