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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The East India Company's Hong, Canton is a 14 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery’s 1832 drawing shows the inside of the East India Company’s trading base in Canton. Rooms circle around courtyards connected by a long hallway. A British fire engine sits on the left side. Only one year later, the company lost its China trade monopoly. The space feels orderly, yet busy with British gear against Chinese walls. Look up the Romanticism movement next.
This drawing depicts an interior view of the East India Company's trading base, known as the 'English factory' or 'hong,' in Canton (Guangzhou), which operated until the company lost its trade monopoly with China in 1833. The scene shows rooms arranged around courtyards connected by a central passageway, with a fire engine likely imported from Britain on the left. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made by George Chinnery in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. Chinnery, who lodged near the 'Imperial factory,' was an English artist who spent much of his career in India and…
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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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