The Chater Collection: Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong, Macao 1655-1860 with historical and descriptive letterpress by James Orange. Neste livro editado em Londres em 1924 (apenas 750 exemplares) reúnem-se cerca de 30 imagens de Macau desde o século 17 ao final do século 19.
A sua origem remonta a Sir Catchick Paul Chater (1846-1926) nascido em Calcutá mas que em meados do século XIX se tornou um homem de negócios bem sucedido em Hong Kong, onde foi um político de destaque desde 1896 até à sua morte em 1926.
Ao longo da vida reunião centenas de ilustrações, quadros, cerâmicas e demais objectos de arte chinesa que resolveu doar a Hong Kong.
O curador deste espólio foi James Orange a quem se deve a edição deste livro. Macau ocupa o capítulo VII. Os textos e as imagens vão da pág. 271 à 317.
O curador deste espólio foi James Orange a quem se deve a edição deste livro. Macau ocupa o capítulo VII. Os textos e as imagens vão da pág. 271 à 317.
Catchick Paul Chater was a prominent british businessman of armenian descent in Hong Kong. Chater amassed a large collection of historical pictures and engravings relating to China which he gifted to the colony.
The Chater Collection was subject to a work by its curator, James Orange, in 1924, at which time the collection stood at 430 items. Its backbone was the collection of Wyndham Law of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and included oil paintings, watercolours, sketches, prints and photographs, most of which are based on landscape scenes of the South China trading ports in the 18th and 19th centuries, and of British activities in China.
The Chater Collection was dispersed and largely destroyed during the japanese occupation, and only 94 pieces (now an important part of the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art) are known to have survived.
The Chater Collection was subject to a work by its curator, James Orange, in 1924, at which time the collection stood at 430 items. Its backbone was the collection of Wyndham Law of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and included oil paintings, watercolours, sketches, prints and photographs, most of which are based on landscape scenes of the South China trading ports in the 18th and 19th centuries, and of British activities in China.
The Chater Collection was dispersed and largely destroyed during the japanese occupation, and only 94 pieces (now an important part of the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art) are known to have survived.
Ilustração de Macau no século 17 e Paul Chatter em 1924
Ilustração do século 17
Vista do Porto Interior ca. 1780 (zona templo A-Ma)
Praya Grande por Chinnery ca. 1830
Desenho da entrada do Palácio do Governo em 1845
Desenho de uma "casa europeia" por Chinnery em 1844
Praya Grande 1847
Vista da Praya Grande em 1845
Mapa de 1840
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