[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :St. Domingos Paco, Macao. [1844]

A street scene in Macau, with men, woman and soldiers in the street. A church (Santo Domingo) is in the right foreground

Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001.

Other Titles - Macau

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink; also in pencil, above image: Little St Domingos, Macao

Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour 188 x 233 mm

Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966