The Great Square before the Factories, Canton

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Artist/Maker	George Chinnery (artist)
Place of origin	Guangdong (made)

A drawing from a volume containing 130 sheets of sketches made in China. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a square and factories in Guangdong.

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Categories	Drawings Topography
Object type	Album
Title	The Great Square before the Factories, Canton (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pencil drawing on paper Paper Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Drawing by George Chinnery, 'The Great Square before the Factories, Canton', from a volume of sketches made in China, pencil on paper, Guangdong, 1826
Physical description	A drawing from a volume containing 130 sheets of sketches made in China. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a square and factories in Guangdong.
Dimensions	Volume height: 18in Volume width: 12.25in Sheet height: 7.625in Sheet width: 10.25in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions	'1826' (Dated) 'Residence of Chinqua (Hong Merchant with the English & Dutch Factories, Canton.' (Inscribed on the back)
Credit line	Bequeathed by James Orange
Production	The sketches in the album this drawing is from were drawn from nature in China, probably in Macau or Canton (Guangzhou).
Subject depicted	Factories
Places depicted	China Guangdong
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1761-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O756105/the-great-square-before-the-album-george-chinnery/

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