View of part of the Fort of Monghyr (illustrated); and View of the tea works at Kanpur

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Charles George Nicholls (fl.1792-1818)
View of part of the Fort of Monghyr (illustrated); and View of the tea works at Kanpur
one signed 'C.G.Nicholls delt.' (lower left), one signed 'C.G.Nicholls.' (lower right), and inscribed repectively 'VIEW OF PART OF THE FORT OF MONGHEER.' and 'Sketch of the Tee Works at Caunpoor in Lat. 26.30.' (lower centre, in the margin)
pencil and watercolour, one with scratching out, one heightened with touches of white, within the artist's black-lined border, unframed
77/8 x 9¾ in. (20 x 24.8 cm.) (2)

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拍品專文

Nicholls was a contemporary of Thomas and William Daniell, and like them he travelled around India after arriving in Calcutta. In 1799 he became draftsman in the Office of the Surveyor-General and in 1802 surveyed Orissa, south of Bengal. He returned to England in 1815.