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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Steps and part of the Church of S. Lorenzo, Macao is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew this view of Macau in 1852. It shows a street heading toward the church of S. Lorenzo with a column just visible at the top of the steps. The drawing is a careful study of the city’s architecture. Chinnery lived in Macau for years. He often sketched its streets, buildings, and people. This work captures the quiet corner where Rua de S. Lourenço meets the church. Look up the museum that holds this drawing: Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a view looking southwest along Rua de S. Lourenço in Macau, focusing on the steps leading up to the Church of S. Lorenzo, with a column of the church’s façade partially visible. The work is part of a volume containing 130 sketches made in Macau, Canton, and nearby areas. The drawing was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 works by Chinnery. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, was a prominent Western artist in British India before relocating to the region.
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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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