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WD103
- Record Id:
- 040-003288187
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288181
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0001a0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137996938.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD103
- Title:
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An English house on the bank of the Ganges, Colgong (Bihar). 24 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
- Scope & Content:
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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 three islands in the river, covered with wood, with large masses of rock, forming a firm barrier against the force of the water, and others still larger rearing their heads amongst the underwood. The ground on the right bank was beautifully undulated, and covered in many places with trees, among which were two English houses, in a sitaution the most enviable I have seen in India; beyond them was a range of small detached conical hills, covered with jungle to their summits, and at a greater distance, the blue hills of Bahar. Colgong is the name of the place, near which the Bhaugulpore nullah again joins the river."
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288181
040-003288187 - Is part of:
- SALT, HENRY (1780-1827) : SALT, HENRY (1780-1827) Artist, traveller and collector of antiquities. Salt went to London in 1797 and became a pupil,…
WD103 : An English house on the bank of the Ganges, Colgong (Bihar). 24 September 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288181[0006]/040-003288187
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: SALT, HENRY (1780-1827)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137996938.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1803
- End Date:
- 1803
- Date Range:
- 1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; pen-and-ink. 28.8 x 45.9 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 628
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)