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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A junk grounded in shallow water, Macau is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew a Chinese junk stuck in shallow water near Macau in 1835. The boat leans left while small local boats cluster close by. Other craft dot the bay behind it. This wasn’t a quick sketch. Chinnery spent hours on fine lines to show water, wood, and sky. The scene feels calm but fixed in place. Look up George Chinnery next.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a grounded Chinese junk tilted to the left in shallow water, with nearby Tanka boats and additional vessels visible in the bay. The work is part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its surroundings. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, created numerous works in the region, including depictions of local boatwomen.
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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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