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Raje Gaut, the principal road up to Rotas Ghur, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.6; Archer I, pl.5)
N. W. View of Rotas Ghur, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.21; Archer I, pl.20) An Ancient Hindoo Temple, in the Fort of Rotas, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.12; Archer I, pl.11)
Ruins in Rotas Gur, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.78; Archer III, pl.2)
hand-coloured aquatints, July 1795, September 1796, January 1796, August 1801 [the fourth watermarked 'J. Whatman 1809'] the first and the third prints on a sheet of thin paper (cut to just within the plate-mark), and mounted on a slightly larger sheet, the second print on thick paper mounted on a slightly larger sheet of thinner paper, the fourth on thick paper, the first three prints with occasional glue marks and light surface soiling to the margins, the fourth print with light spotting to the sky and small surface tear to clouds
S.490 x 650mm.; 490 x 655mm.
P. 490 x 655mm.; 485 x 660mm.
February 1790: "Rotas Ghur is the most considerable hill fort of this part of India; it is naturally of great strength, and the weaker parts have been assisted by very strong works". Rohtasgarh captured from its Hindu ruler by Sher Khan Sur in 1539, was surrendered to the British in 1764. In these great elevations William Daniell noted that "there was nothing to disturb the serenity of [their] repose save the chattering of legions of monkeys which had colonised the neighbouring glen". (4)
N. W. View of Rotas Ghur, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.21; Archer I, pl.20) An Ancient Hindoo Temple, in the Fort of Rotas, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.12; Archer I, pl.11)
Ruins in Rotas Gur, Bahar (Abbey 420 no.78; Archer III, pl.2)
hand-coloured aquatints, July 1795, September 1796, January 1796, August 1801 [the fourth watermarked 'J. Whatman 1809'] the first and the third prints on a sheet of thin paper (cut to just within the plate-mark), and mounted on a slightly larger sheet, the second print on thick paper mounted on a slightly larger sheet of thinner paper, the fourth on thick paper, the first three prints with occasional glue marks and light surface soiling to the margins, the fourth print with light spotting to the sky and small surface tear to clouds
S.490 x 650mm.; 490 x 655mm.
P. 490 x 655mm.; 485 x 660mm.
February 1790: "Rotas Ghur is the most considerable hill fort of this part of India; it is naturally of great strength, and the weaker parts have been assisted by very strong works". Rohtasgarh captured from its Hindu ruler by Sher Khan Sur in 1539, was surrendered to the British in 1764. In these great elevations William Daniell noted that "there was nothing to disturb the serenity of [their] repose save the chattering of legions of monkeys which had colonised the neighbouring glen". (4)