Hindoo Temples at Agouree, on the River Soane, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.20; Archer I, pl.19)

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Hindoo Temples at Agouree, on the River Soane, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.20; Archer I, pl.19)

hand-coloured aquatint, September 1796, thick paper mounted on a larger sheet of thin paper.
P.490 x 650mm.

Lot Essay

12 January 1790:"On our arrival there at Agouree, a person from the Fort crossed the river & paid us the usual Complts &c...". Agori, on the river Son, although "a place of worship of the greatest antiquity" was in Daniells'time a village of "not considerable" importance.

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