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WD4194
- Record Id:
- 040-003287796
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287790
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000019
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420693.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4194
- Title:
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The river Ganges near Bhagalpur, the steamer ‘Hooghly’ on the river, Sept/Oct 1828. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
- Scope & Content:
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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 ‘Hooghly’, built by the New Howrah Dock Co. with a 25hp engine imported from England, was launched on 29 March 1828. See G.A. Prinsep, ‘An account of Steam Vessels and of proceedings connected with Steam Navigation in British India’, Calcutta, 1830.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287790
040-003287796 - Is part of:
- PRINSEP, THOMAS (1800-1830) : PRINSEP, THOMAS (1800-1830) Born London, eighth son of John Prinsep and younger brother of William and James.…
WD4194 : The river Ganges near Bhagalpur, the steamer ‘Hooghly’ on the river, Sept/Oct 1828. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287790[0006]/040-003287796
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: PRINSEP, THOMAS (1800-1830)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420693.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1828
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- 1828
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 264
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Prinsep, Thomas, 1800-1830
- Subjects:
- Boats
Transport
rivers and lakes - Places:
- Bhagalpur, Bihar, India