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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Minqua's house, and entrance to China Street, Canton is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a busy trading area in Canton. It’s a quiet, detailed look at big buildings where merchants worked. George Chinnery made it in 1825. The scene shows Mingqua’s building after another trader’s business closed. A small pavilion was later removed from the roof. The artist captured daily life in this place. The paper itself is worn but the lines stay sharp. Look next at George Chinnery.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts the central section of the trading establishments known as factories or hongs in Canton, including the building occupied by the merchant Minqua after 1830. The scene shows the entrance to China Street, with the small pavilion previously atop Chungqua’s hong now removed. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas.
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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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