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Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. Throughout the 19th century Praia Grande was the most fashionable address in Macau. It had captured the imagination of a number of artists and photographers and, from the 1820s onwards, a view of the Praia Grande was the souvenir of Macau par excellence. Both of the well-known painters George Chinnery and Lamqua were residents of Macau at the time, and the view of the Praia Grande was one of their favourite subjects. In 1844 Jules Itier, the head of the French trade commission in China, made the first photograph of this famous view in the form of a daguerreotype. In 1870, when John Thomson took this photograph, he selected a view looking down on the Praia Grande from Penha Hill above Bishops Bay. In the 20th century the area around Praia Grande underwent remarkable redevelopment, and it is no longer possible to see the famous view of picturesque Praia Grande except in old paintings, photographs and postcards. Iconographic Collections |
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Short title | L0055552 Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0055552 Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. |
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Image title | L0055552 Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. Throughout the 19th century Praia Grande was the most fashionable address in Macau. It had captured the imagination of a number of artists and photographers and, from the 1820s onwards, a view of the Praia Grande was the souvenir of Macau par excellence. Both of the well-known painters George Chinnery and Lamqua were residents of Macau at the time, and the view of the Praia Grande was one of their favourite subjects. In 1844 Jules Itier, the head of the French trade commission in China, made the first photograph of this famous view in the form of a daguerreotype. In 1870, when John Thomson took this photograph, he selected a view looking down on the Praia Grande from Penha Hill above Bishops Bay. In the 20th century the area around Praia Grande underwent remarkable redevelopment, and it is no longer possible to see the famous view of picturesque Praia Grande except in old paintings, photographs and postcards. 1870 By: J. ThomsonPublished: 1870 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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