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AFTER JAMES BAILLIE FRASER
A View of Government House, from the Eastward; A View of Esplanade Row, from the Reservoir at Chandpal Ghat; A View of the Opposite or Sulkhea Side, from the Respondentia Walk with a North-wester coming on; A View of Government House, from the Court House Street, taken from the house of Johnson & Co; A View of the Scotch Chruch, from the Gate of Tank Square (Abbey 494, no.s 3, 5, 7, 9 & 12)
5 aquatints printed in blue and black and hand-coloured, by Robert Havell after Fraser, from Views of Calcutta and its environs, London: Rodwell & Martin, 1824-1826. Dated April, June & December 1824 and March 1825, [the second and third watermarked 'J.Whatman 1824', the fourth 'J Whatman' and the fifth 'Whatman 18[3]4], on thick paper, framed and glazed (occasional light spotting, slight discolouration to margins)
Plate: 365 x 505mm
Sheet: 385 x 525; 385 x 555mm
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856), amateur artist, merchant and banker, based in Calcutta from 1813 to 1820, is known for this Views in the Himala Mountains published in 1820 and his Views of Calcutta which constitute some of the most beautiful images of the city produced in the 19th Century. Fraser, influenced by other artists working in Calcutta, such as George Chinnery and William Havell, produced atmospheric and detailed prints of the city from his sketches and drawings. In 1820 he sent his unfinished works home to England, writing to his father on 25 March, 'my sketches of Calcutta, in a very rough stated indeed, but I have and shall have full materials to fill them up interestingly with figures and groups' (J.P. Losty, Calcutta, British Library Board, 1990, p.83). (5)
A View of Government House, from the Eastward; A View of Esplanade Row, from the Reservoir at Chandpal Ghat; A View of the Opposite or Sulkhea Side, from the Respondentia Walk with a North-wester coming on; A View of Government House, from the Court House Street, taken from the house of Johnson & Co; A View of the Scotch Chruch, from the Gate of Tank Square (Abbey 494, no.s 3, 5, 7, 9 & 12)
5 aquatints printed in blue and black and hand-coloured, by Robert Havell after Fraser, from Views of Calcutta and its environs, London: Rodwell & Martin, 1824-1826. Dated April, June & December 1824 and March 1825, [the second and third watermarked 'J.Whatman 1824', the fourth 'J Whatman' and the fifth 'Whatman 18[3]4], on thick paper, framed and glazed (occasional light spotting, slight discolouration to margins)
Plate: 365 x 505mm
Sheet: 385 x 525; 385 x 555mm
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856), amateur artist, merchant and banker, based in Calcutta from 1813 to 1820, is known for this Views in the Himala Mountains published in 1820 and his Views of Calcutta which constitute some of the most beautiful images of the city produced in the 19th Century. Fraser, influenced by other artists working in Calcutta, such as George Chinnery and William Havell, produced atmospheric and detailed prints of the city from his sketches and drawings. In 1820 he sent his unfinished works home to England, writing to his father on 25 March, 'my sketches of Calcutta, in a very rough stated indeed, but I have and shall have full materials to fill them up interestingly with figures and groups' (J.P. Losty, Calcutta, British Library Board, 1990, p.83). (5)
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