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Part of the city of Murshidabad, ancient capital of Bengal   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Thomas Sutherland  (1785–1838)  wikidata:Q18508689
 
Description English printmaker and engraver
Date of birth/death 1785 Edit this at Wikidata 1838 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q18508689
After Charles Ramus Forrest  (1786–1827)  wikidata:Q69686100
 
Alternative names
Cha. Forrest,; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest; C. R. Forrest
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 1786 Edit this at Wikidata 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Windsor Chatham
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q69686100
Title
Part of the city of Murshidabad, ancient capital of Bengal
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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Part of the city of Murshidabad, ancient capital of Bengal. Image by Lt. Col. C. R. Forrest, from A Picturesque Tour Along the River Ganges and Jumna in India (London: R. Ackermann, 1824)

This is plate four from Charles Ramus Forrest’s A Picturesque tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest was a soldier and East India Company official who conducted expeditions along the Ganges and Jumna. Murshidabad is a city in West Bengal, located on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (a tributary of the Ganges).
Depicted place Murshidabad
Date 1 August 1824
date QS:P571,+1824-08-01T00:00:00Z/11
Medium lithograph
medium QS:P186,Q15123870
Dimensions height: 27.2 cm (10.7 in); width: 33.5 cm (13.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,33.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
X757(4)
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/part-of-the-city-of-moorshedabad
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