The town of Serajpur on the Ganges (U.P.). 6 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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The town of Serajpur on the Ganges (U.P.). 6 September 1803. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Serajpore Ganges. 5.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 11 by 18 ins. Note: Described Valentia, i, 207.
The bank of the Ganges below Kara (U.P.). 8 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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The bank of the Ganges below Kara (U.P.). 8 September 1803. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Ganges. Below Currah. 8 Sept.’; on front: ‘13.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 10.75 by 17.5 ins. Note: Described Valentia, i, 208-9.
The Fort, Chunar (U.P.). 12 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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The Fort, Chunar (U.P.). 12 September 1803. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Chunar. Sept. 12th’; and on front: ‘Sept. 12th. 20.’ Note: Described Valentia, i, 213-4. Pen-and-ink and wash drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827) of the Fort at Chunar in Uttar Pradesh, dated 12th September 1803. Vis...
A mosque on the river bank, Ghazipur (U.P.). 14 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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A mosque temple on the river bank, Ghazipur (U.P.). 14 September 1803. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Gazipore’; in pencil: ‘23.’ Note: Described erroneously in the printed catalogue as a temple. Reproduced: Archer, ‘Country Life,’ fig.2 Pen-and-ink and wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827),...
The Fakirs Rock in the Ganges near Sultanganj (Bihar) . 22 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen-and-ink and wash drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827) of the Fakirs Rock in the Ganges near Sultanganj in Bihar, dated 22nd September 1803. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Faquir's Rock, Ganges’; in ink: ‘30.’ Note: Described Valentia, i, 220. This granite island, one of two rocky outcrops in ...
An English house on the bank of the Ganges, Colgong (Bihar). 24 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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An English house on the bank of the Ganges, Colgong (Bihar). 24 September 1803. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Sept. 24th. Colgong 2’; on back in pencil: ‘Colgong; Ganges.’ Note: Described Valentia, i, 221. Viscount Valentia (George Annesley) wrote, "September 24.-...At nine we came to thr...
River scene, Ceylon: Lord Valentia travelling to Colombo, his palanquin loaded on three canoes. 20 December 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen and ink drawing of a river scene between point de Galle and Colombo in Sri Lanka, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), dated 20th December 1803. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Ceylon No. 39.’ Note: Original drawing of Valentia, iii, plate 8, 'The manner of passing a River between Point de Galle and C...
A country boat on the Ganges, Sakrigali (Bihar). 28 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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A country boat on the Ganges, Sakrigali (Bihar). 28 September 1803. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Sep. 28’; on former mount in ink: ‘Ganges, Sicalagully.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 11 by 18 ins. Note: Described Valentia, i, 223.
Calcutta: view taken from the house of Thomas Graham in Chowringhee with Fort William and the Hooghly in the background. January or February 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Calcutta: view taken from the house of Thomas Graham in Chowringhee with Fort William and the Hooghly in the background. January or February 1803. Note: Drawing for 'Calcutta', plate 3, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 61-3, 235-9. The drawing is a preparatory work for plate 3 'Calcutta' of h...
View within the Fort of Monghyr (Bihar), with in the foreground the shrine of Shah Nafah erected in 1497 by Prince Daniyal, son of Ala al-Din Husain of Bengal, with Muslim graves around it. In the distance the hill-top house of the fort Commander.. A
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Wash drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827) of a view within the Fort of Monghyr (Munger, now in Bihar), dated February or September 1803. Inscribed on front in water-colour; ‘View of ... in India.’ Note: Drawing for 'A view within the Fort of Monghyr', plate 4, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 86-...