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Part of the Dutch Folly, near Canton
Part of the Dutch Folly, near Canton is a drawing by the Romanticist artist George Chinnery. It dates from 1 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
George Chinnery drew this in 1832. It shows fishermen drying nets outside a small fort near Canton. The fort once stood in the Pearl River, close to trading posts.
The fort had a temple and big banyan trees inside. Later, British troops took it down in 1856. By the 1930s, the whole site vanished under landfill.
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Overview
The fort, which contained a temple and lush banyan trees, was dismantled by British troops in 1856 and later reclaimed by landfill in the 1930s.
The drawing depicts fishermen drying their nets outside the Haizhu or 'Dutch folly' fort, situated in the Pearl River below the trading factories at Canton (Guangzhou). The fort, which contained a temple and lush banyan trees, was dismantled by British troops in 1856 and later reclaimed by landfill in the 1930s. On the reverse side of the sheet, pencil sketches of cattle are visible.
The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and its surrounding areas.
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Artist
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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