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AUGUSTE BORGET (1808-1877) Street Scene in Macau image 1
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Lot 619

AUGUSTE BORGET (1808-1877)
Street Scene in Macau

31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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AUGUSTE BORGET (1808-1877)

Street Scene in Macau
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue-grey paper, inscribed lower right 'rue de Macao', mounted. 26cm (10 1/4in) high x 17.5cm (7in) wide.

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Auguste Borget(1808-1877) 澳門街景 鉛筆、水彩及水粉藍灰紙 鏡心

Provenance: Martyn Gregory, London

來源:倫敦古董商Martyn Gregory

Artist, traveller and friend of Balzac, Auguste Borget (1808-1877) was the principal French painter to visit southern China. From 1836 to 1840 he undertook a journey around the world; he spent over ten months on the China coast in 1838-9, based in Macau and Canton but travelling also to Amoy (Xiamen). After his return to France a selection of his Chinese scenes was published, and he exhibited his work regularly, both at the annual Paris Salons and in the provinces.

This work depicts a lively street scene with shop vendors, customers and bystanders along an open street overhung by washing drying between the buildings.

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