1835
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Part of Franciscan Church, Macao is a 1835 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing depicts the steps leading to the Franciscan Church in Macau, alongside its buttress bearing the inscription "SKETCHES MADE IN CHINA BY GEO. CHINNERY," and includes a partial view of the São Francisco forest overlooking the bay. It was created as a title page for a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The work is part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, settled in Macau in 1825, where he remained 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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