SOLD. Robert II Havel, after James Baillie Fraser: Aquatints printed in colour. C. 36 x 50 cm. (3)

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Robert II Havel, after James Baillie Fraser (b. England 1793, d. s.p. 1878)

A VIEW OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE, from the Eastward , A VIEW OF ESPLANADE ROW from the Reservoir at Chandpal Ghat , A VIEW OF ESPLANADE from the Chouringhee Road. From James Baillie Fraser's 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs' published 1824 in 6 parts. Aquatints printed in colour and finished by hand. Published by Rodwell & Martin and Smith Elder & Co., London, 1824–1826. On wove paper, watermarked J.WHATMAN 1824. C. 36×50 cm. (3)

James Baillie Fraser arrived in Calcutta in 1814 and in six years he had produced numerous animated sketches of the busy city. As a series, Fraser’s Views of Calcutta provides viewers with idyllic and ostensibly authentic images of the city that worked to celebrate Britain’s success in bringing progress and civilization to Bengal.

[Abbey Travel, 494, nos. 3,5,9]

Condition

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Auction

Oriental sale, 30 November 2016