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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Part of the Praya Manduco and Penha Hill, Macao is a 6 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, depicting Zhejiang Province, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled Part of the Praya Manduco and Penha Hill, Macao. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows small dwellings at the Praya Manduco, a small bay in Macau. It also features the convent on Penha Hill above, giving a sense of the area's layout. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts small dwellings along the Praya Manduco, a bay overlooking Macau’s Inner Harbour, with the Penha Hill convent visible above. The scene corresponds to the present-day Praya do Manduco, also known as Hawker Street. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The drawing was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 Chinnery works.
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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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