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George Chinnery (1774-1852) and Dr Thomas Boswall Watson (1815-1860)
Sketches of Macao and India
George Chinnery (1774-1852) and Dr Thomas Boswall Watson (1815-1860) Sketches of Macao and India approximately 81 sketches of India and Macao, 49 by Chinnery and 32 by Watson, the Chinnery sketches comprising 22 Indian landscapes and coastal scenes, studies of figures, a sketch for a family portrait, animals and flora, and 27 Macao subjects including the Praya Grande, street scenes, tanka boats and boatwomen, a blacksmith, figure studies, and sketches of cattle, goats, dogs and a pig, the Watson sketches comprising views of Macao including 'Franciscan Fort, Macao. facing the sea', 'Ma-kok Joss House. Inner Harbour. Macao', 'Penha Hill. Macao.', 'Joss House. Lappa near Macao.', 'Monté Fort, Macao', 'Joss House. Inner Habour. Macao', 'Macao taken from Inner Harbour', 'Camoens Grot, Casa Gardens -- Macao.', and sketches of junks, tanka boats and boatwomen, cattle, figures and portrait studies of a Parsee merchant, Mr Speer, Dr Peter Young and others; with two framed watercolours of Chinese women attributed to George Chinnery the majority of the Chinnery sketches inscribed in Chinnery's (Gurney) shorthand and dated between 'April 1816' and 1842, one of the Watson sketches dated '2 Jany 1850' pencil, pen and ink, sepia ink and wash, and watercolour on paper, one on transfer paper, 11 of the Chinnery sketches double-sided unframed 14¼ x 9 1/8in. (36.2 x 23.2cm.) and smaller