Album containing watercolours by Sir Charles D’Oyly of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers, dated August to October 1820. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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Album in red leather covers with gold stamped border, containing 28 water-colours by Sir Charles D’Oyly of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers, dated August to October 1820. The trip must have been to take up his new appointment as Opium Agent at Patna as a letter to the Mrs. Jean Macna...
[The Catholic church at Bandel, near Hooghly, in the middle distance, buildings on the river bank and boats in the foreground]. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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Watercolour by Sir Charles D'Oyly of the Catholic church at Bandel, near Hooghly in West Bengal, inscribed: 'N1' 'Bandel Church and Refectory. Augt 1820.', from an album in red leather covers with a gold stamped border, containing 28 water-colours of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers,...