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'Views along the Hooghly'. River Hooghly. Uncoloured aquatint with etching by James Moffat, Calcutta, 1798
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Uncoloured aquatint with etching of the River
Hooghly by James Moffat (1775-1815) one of his 'Views along the
Hooghly' published in Calcutta in 1798. Calcutta was founded on the
mud flats of Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges, by the
English merchant Job Charnock in 1690. In addition to shipping on
the river, private residences were built at the water's
edge.
Title: 'Views along the Hooghly'. River Hooghly. Uncoloured
aquatint with etching by James Moffat, Calcutta, 1798
Description:
Uncoloured aquatint with etching of the River
Hooghly by James Moffat (1775-1815) one of his 'Views along the
Hooghly' published in Calcutta in 1798.
Calcutta was founded on the
mud flats of Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges, by the
English merchant Job Charnock in 1690.
In addition to shipping on
the river, private residences were built at the water's
edge.
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