The garden of the Cannings’ house at Allahabad. Artist(s): Canning, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (1817-1861)
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The garden of the Cannings’ house at Allahabad. Inscribed on mount: ‘Garden of Government House at Allahabad, formerly called ‘Lowther Castle’. October 1858’. Water-colour 26 by 37.5 cm. Note: Lady Canning joined her husband at Allahabad in August 1858 where they remained until January 1859....
The new Mint on the Strand, Calcutta, from the south, with shipping beyond. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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The new Mint on the Strand, from the south, with shipping beyond, c.1829. Inscribed on album page: ‘Calcutta’ and’ New Mint Calcutta’. Water-colour; 18 by 25 cm. Note: The new Silver Mint, north of the present Howrah Bridge and designed by Major W.N. Forbes was formally opened in 1831. James...
Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’ c.1829. Inscribed on album page: ‘Calcutta, Noubruttun-Chitpoor Bazaar’. Water-colour; 18.5 by 21.8 cm. Note: The Black Pagoda, built in 1731 by Govindram Mitter, the ‘Black Zamindar’ (1720-56). In the view published by the Daniells, ‘Views of Calcutta’, 1786...
Circular Road, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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Circular Road, Calcutta, c.1827-8. Inscribed: ‘An unfinished sketch by Tom of the Circular Road; a mosque, a hakuree, a Kuranchee or hackney coach, a police tannah or station for chowkeydars’. Water-colour; 23 by 33 cm.
The Salt Water Lake, east of Calcutta, crowded with boats, with the city in the distance.. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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The Salt Water Lake, east of Calcutta, crowded with boats, c.1827-8. Inscribed on album page: ‘Salt Water Lake. Hollowed date trees as canoes, The Sunderbund wood boats, Calcutta in extreme distance’. Water-colour; 17.5 by 32.5 cm. Note: Prinsep published a ‘Survey of the Salt Lake or Marshe...
The river Ganges near Bhagalpur, the steamer ‘Hooghly’ on the river, Sept/Oct 1828. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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The river Ganges near Bhagalpur, the steamer ‘Hooghly’ on the river, Sept/Oct 1828. Inscribed on album page: ‘Ganges near Buglipoor’. Water-colour; 10 by 14.5 cm. Note: Thomas Prinsep was attached to the first experimental voyage, to Allahabad, of a wooden paddle steamer on the Ganges. The ‘...
