Three river landscapes with shipping in the foreground, India

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Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Bt. (1781-1845)
Three river landscapes with shipping in the foreground, India
pencil and watercolour, two within embossed mounts, unframed
35/8 x 5¼ in. (9.2 x 13.4 cm.); and slightly smaller; and two watercolours of Souvi Bhirboun and Osmane trees at Bhirboun by Lady Sylvia D'Oyly. (5)

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Lot Essay

Born in India in 1781, D'Oyly spent the majority of his forty years in India as a Company civil servant based in Calcutta. He came under the artistic influence of George Chinnery (1774-1852) in 1807 and the two worked together in Dacca for three years from 1808.

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