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TITLE: A View at Lucknow
ARTIST: Henry Salt
ENGRAVER: Daniel Havell
PUBLISHER: William Miller
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1809
MEDIUM: Colour Aquatint and etching
SURFACE: Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 43.5 x 59.5 cm
PAPER SIZE: 46.5 x 64.5 cm
WITH MOUNT: 60 x 79 cm 23.6 x 31.1 in

Plate VI from Salt's folio views of India, Egypt, Ceylon, Abyssinia, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena.

The present lot is a large hand-coloured aquatint by Henry Salt depicting Lucknow, now the capital of Uttar Pradesh, and formerly the capital of the province of Oudh (Avadh). Situated on the banks of the Gomti, it had a rich cultural tradition. Salt painted this view in the time of Nawab Saadat Ali (1798-1814).George Annesley wrote: "the large building on the left is the Harem of Asof ud Dowlah where his widow now resides ... adjoining the harem, but out of sight, is a very beautiful palace, called the Sungi Dalam, built of stone, coloured red.... the high grass in the foreground is cultivated for

elephants, whose principal food it is." (British Library Board)