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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Governor's House, and part of the Praya Grande and Penha Hill is a 13 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a moment along the Praya Grande in Macau. George Chinnery used Romanticism to capture the scene in 1833. It’s a quick sketch, not a polished painting. Look for the beached Tanka boat in the front. Figures sit under a simple shelter near a small fort called S. Pedro. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum online to see more.
The drawing depicts a view along the Praya Grande in Macau, oriented westward, featuring a beached Tanka boat and figures under a shelter in the foreground, with the small fort of S. Pedro visible behind them. It is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852.
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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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