A View of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta
Print
ca. 1826 (published)
ca. 1826 (published)
Not currently on display at the V&A
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A view of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta.
object details
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| Materials and Techniques | Aquatint on paper |
| Brief Description | Aquatint by a British artist: James Baillie Fraser, the Black Pagoda, Calcutta, ca. 1826. |
| Physical Description | A view of the Black Pagoda, on Chitpore Road in Calcutta. |
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| Object history | 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. |
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| Accession Number | IM.19-1918 |
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| record created | March 6, 2003 |
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