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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Part of the Praya Manduco, Macao is a 18 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, depicting Zhejiang Province, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew this scene in 1830. He sketched the shore near Macau’s Inner Harbour, with houses and people by the water. Above them rose the convent on Penha Hill. It’s a calm view of a busy spot called Praya do Manduco, also known as Hawker Street. A small junk boat sits near the shore, and on the back he added a quick pencil sketch of another junk. This sketch shows how he mixed precise lines with loose marks to catch a place. Look up George Chinnery next.
The drawing depicts a coastal scene in Macau, showing houses and figures along the shore of the Inner Harbour with the Convent of Penha visible atop Penha Hill in the background. The location corresponds to the modern-day Praya do Manduco, also known as Hawker Street, and a similar view from the previous year is recorded under another reference. On the reverse side of the sheet, a pencil sketch of a junk is present. This work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and surrounding 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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