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Description: | Water-colour painting of the river Ganges near Bhagalpur in Bihar with the steamer 'Hooghly' on the river by Thomas Prinsep (1800-1830) Sept/Oct 1828. Inscribed on the album page is: 'Ganges near Buglipoor'.
Thomas Prinsep was attached to the first experimental voyage, to Allahabad, of a wooden paddle steamer on the Ganges. The 'Hooghly', built by the New Howrah Dock Co. with a 25hp engine imported from England, was launched on 29 March 1828. See G.A. Prinsep, 'An account of Steam Vessels and of proceedings connected with Steam Navigation in British India', Calcutta, 1830. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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