Lot 191
India.- Moffatt (James) [Views in India], etchings and aquatints, [circa 1800-1810] (12)
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
India.- Moffatt (James) [Views in India], twelve plates only, etchings and aquatint, four with full hand-colouring, likely original, all on laid papers, 9 platemarks approx. 370 x 510 mm (14 1/2 x 20 in), three smaller 250 x 380 mm (9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in), all with margins, one laid onto linen, a few handling creases and minor surface dirt, but on the whole without condition issues, all unframed, [Calcutta, circa 1800-1810] (12)
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
⁂ Scarce at auction, and not recorded by Abbey. Printed in India, the coloured plates include: View of Maldah, with Procession of a Hindoo Woman to the Funeral Pile of Her Husband; View of Allahabad, with representation of Gungah Jattra, a custom peculiar to the Hindoos...; Cutwally Gate at Gour; Gate of Sultan Shah Hussein's Tomb at Gour.
Description
India.- Moffatt (James) [Views in India], twelve plates only, etchings and aquatint, four with full hand-colouring, likely original, all on laid papers, 9 platemarks approx. 370 x 510 mm (14 1/2 x 20 in), three smaller 250 x 380 mm (9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in), all with margins, one laid onto linen, a few handling creases and minor surface dirt, but on the whole without condition issues, all unframed, [Calcutta, circa 1800-1810] (12)
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
⁂ Scarce at auction, and not recorded by Abbey. Printed in India, the coloured plates include: View of Maldah, with Procession of a Hindoo Woman to the Funeral Pile of Her Husband; View of Allahabad, with representation of Gungah Jattra, a custom peculiar to the Hindoos...; Cutwally Gate at Gour; Gate of Sultan Shah Hussein's Tomb at Gour.