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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Governor’s House and Pedro Fort, Macau is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows Macau’s coast in 1825. Artist George Chinnery chose a Romantic view, looking past a fort and the Governor’s house toward distant hills. The sheet holds more than the scene—two quick pencil studies crowd the back. That mix of finished view and loose sketches catches a moment in time. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this work in person.
A view looking southwest along the Praya Grande in Macau, this drawing depicts the Pedro Fort and the Governor’s House in the foreground with Penha Hill visible in the distance. The work is part of an album containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. On the reverse side, two figure studies are sketched in pencil. The album was bequeathed in 1928 as part of a collection of 93 drawings by George Chinnery.
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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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