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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. | 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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