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WD2060(42)
- Record Id:
- 041-003881850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288713
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121651752.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162037654.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2060(42)
- Title:
- Muslim tomb near the great banyan tree, Hajipur (Bihar). 16 March 1824. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawing by Sir Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845) of a Muslim tomb near the great banyan tree at Hajipur in Bihar, dated 16th March 1824, from an album of 80 drawings of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825. This image is one of a group of miscellaneous sketches which were made either at Patna, D'Oyly's headquarters, or at near-by Hajipur in March and October 1824 and May 1825. Banyan trees are sacred to the Hindus. As it is forbidden to cut their trunks or branches, they can grow to an immense size, providing a useful source of shade from the intense summer heat. Banyan trees send out aerial roots which may embed themselves in the ground and in turn become new trunks thus continually increasing the tree's size. The trees are also considered a symbol of fertility. In this sketch a Muslim tomb rests in the shade of the banyan.D'Oyly arrived in India in 1797 and spent his first few years in Calcutta as Assistant to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal. He was Collector of Dacca from 1808-18 and was made Opium Agent at Patna in 1821. Whilst at Dacca he met the artist George Chinnery and became his pupil from 1808-12. D'Oyly was a prolific amateur artist who was greatly admired by the European community. He set up and ran a lithographic press, the 'Behar Lithography', and also formed an amateur art society the 'United Patna and Gaya Society' or 'Behar School of Athens': 'for the promotion of Arts and Sciences and for the circulation of fun and merriment of all descriptions.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288713
040-003881808
041-003881850 - Is part of:
- D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES (1781-1845) : D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES, 7th Baronet (1781-1845) Sir Charles D’Oyly went to India in 1797 and spent his first…
WD2060 : Album of 80 drawings of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD2060(42) : Muslim tomb near the great banyan tree, Hajipur (Bihar). 16 March 1824. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288713[0009]/040-003881808[0042]/041-003881850
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES (1781-1845)
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162037654.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper; 26 x 36 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 163-168
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)