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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Paul's Church, Macao, before it was burnt down, and part of Mr. Turner's house is an 8 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew this in 1834. It shows St. Paul’s Church in Macao before a fire destroyed most of it. The drawing captures the church’s façade and part of a nearby house. Two months later, the church burned down. Only the front wall survived. Chinnery’s careful lines show how things looked right before disaster struck. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts St. Paul's Church in Macao before its destruction by fire, showing the surviving façade alongside part of Mr. Turner's house. The work was created from direct observation during Chinnery's time in Macao, Canton, and the surrounding area. The sketch is part of an album of 93 drawings bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, settled in Macao in 1825 and remained there 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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