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Description: | Watercolour of a banyan tree near Jangipur from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1820-21. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r.1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15 and his convalescent tour in the Rajmahal Hills in the winter of 1820-21.
Illustration of a banyan tree near Jangipur, in West Bengal. Jangipur, located on the along the Bhagirathi River, was a commercial centre for the silk trade for the East India Company. Inscribed below in pencil and ink: 'A Burr Tree on the R. Bank of the Bhagiratii near Jungeepoor.' | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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