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A View of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta
Fraser, James Baillie - Enlarge image
A View of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
India (made)
- Date:
ca. 1826 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Fraser, James Baillie (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Aquatint on paper
- Museum number:
IM.19-1918
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
A view of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta.
Place of Origin
India (made)
Date
ca. 1826 (published)
Artist/maker
Fraser, James Baillie (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Aquatint on paper
Dimensions
Length: 10.88 in, Width: 16.88 in
Object history note
This is one print of sixteen contained in a volume, and entitled 'Fraser's Views in Calcutta'. These colour aquatints with small details painted by hand in watercolour were developed from a water-colour drawing by James Baillie Fraser(1783-1856). Engraved by Robert Havell Jr. and published by Smith, Elder and Co.
Descriptive line
Aquatint by a British artist: James Baillie Fraser, the Black Pagoda, Calcutta, ca. 1826.
Materials
Ink
Techniques
Aquatint
Subjects depicted
Pagoda
Categories
Prints; Scotland
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
