Corner of Macao Bay, looking west

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

A drawing from a volume containing 130 sheets of sketches made in China. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a corner of Macau Bay looking west.

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Categories	Drawings Topography
Object type	Album
Title	Corner of Macao Bay, looking west (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pencil drawing on paper Paper Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Drawing by George Chinnery, 'Corner of Macao Bay, looking west,' from a volume of sketches made in China, pencil on paper, Macau, 1830
Physical description	A drawing from a volume containing 130 sheets of sketches made in China. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a corner of Macau Bay looking west.
Dimensions	Volume height: 18in Volume width: 12.25in Sheet height: 5in Sheet width: 10.1875in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions	'1830' (Dated)
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	Bay
Places depicted	China Macau
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.1741-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O756125/corner-of-macao-bay-looking-album-george-chinnery/

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