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Description: | Aquatint with etching of a large pagoda in Nadia by and after James Moffat (1775-1815) one of a set of views of Bengal along the Ganges and published Calcutta c.1804. James Moffat, a Scotsman, was based in Calcutta from the age of fourteen and is thought to have learnt his trade as an engraver in the city. Nadia, a district in West Bengal, is situated to the north of Calcutta. The building in this view is located at the bank of a river and consists of a dominating square structure crowned by a large dome. There are bathers in the foreground. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Moffat, James (1775-1815) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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