Thomas Daniell RA, Near Currah, on the River Ganges, November 1796.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 434 mm x 598 mm. © Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Near Currah, on the River Ganges, November 1796
Thomas Daniell RA (1749 - 1840)
RA Collection: Art
434 mm x 598 mm
Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan Drawn And Engraved By Thomas Daniell, And With Permission Respectfully Dedicated To The Honourable Court Of Directors Of The East India Company. - London: March 1. 1795 (- May 1807.)
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