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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A stream with a blacksmith beyond, and a distant view of the church of S. Antonio, Macau is a 13 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a Romantic-era sketch from 1835. George Chinnery drew a quiet scene in Macau: a river, workers on the far bank, and a church peeking through trees. It’s a quick study, not a grand painting. The church is S. Antonio, still there today. Chinnery used simple lines to show everyday life beside this landmark. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see it in person.
The drawing depicts blacksmiths and other figures on the far bank of a stream, with the gabled façade of the church of S. Antonio in Macau visible beyond the trees. It is one of 93 sketches made in Macau and its surroundings, later bound into an album. The work was bequeathed in 1928 as part of this collection. George Chinnery created the sketches during his residence in Macau, where he lived 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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