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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Vignette of the A-Ma Temple, Macau, for a titlepage inscribed 'Sketches from Nature made in China by Geo. Chinnery' is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled Vignette of the A-Ma Temple, Macau. It was created by George Chinnery as a title page for his collection of sketches. The drawing features the A-Ma Temple and a harbour wall in Macau. It also includes a boatwoman piloting a Tanka boat. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this piece, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A pencil drawing by George Chinnery depicts the A-Ma Temple and its harbour wall in Macau, accompanied by a boatwoman steering a Tanka boat; the work was designed as a titlepage for a collection of his sketches made in China. The drawing is part of an album containing 93 sheets of similar sketches, bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked primarily as a portraitist before relocating to India, where he gained prominence, and later settled in Macau in 1825, remaining there until his death in 1852.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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