19
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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The East India Company's Factory, Canton is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a view across the Pearl River toward the eastern end of the foreign trading site in Canton (Guangzhou), where the English, Dutch, and Creek factories are visible, with British and Dutch flags indicated. To the left, at a right angle, two goats are sketched. The work is part of an album containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby 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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