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Ramnugur, near Benares, on the River Ganges (Abbey 420 no.15; Archer I, pl.14)
hand-coloured aquatint, March 1796 [watermarked '1794'], the view printed and mounted on a sheet of thin paper (cut to just within the plate-mark). light surface soiling to margin
S.505 x 650mm.
5 December 1788: "Ramnagur is a fort built by Raja Balwunt Sing, and considerably improved by his son Cheyt Singh". Ramnagar had been the location of an earlier incident which nearly cost the lives of Warren Hastings and his party, among whom was the artist William Hodges.
hand-coloured aquatint, March 1796 [watermarked '1794'], the view printed and mounted on a sheet of thin paper (cut to just within the plate-mark). light surface soiling to margin
S.505 x 650mm.
5 December 1788: "Ramnagur is a fort built by Raja Balwunt Sing, and considerably improved by his son Cheyt Singh". Ramnagar had been the location of an earlier incident which nearly cost the lives of Warren Hastings and his party, among whom was the artist William Hodges.