Garden Reach

1848

Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Print size: 13.5 x 18 in (34.3 x 45.5 cm)
Sheet size: 16.25 x 20.75 in (41 x 52.5 cm)

"This coloured lithograph is taken from plate 3 of Sir Charles D'Oyly's 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs'. Garden Reach was a suburb of Calcutta where large 'garden houses' swept down to the river's edge, making an impressive view for travellers on their approach to the city. Shalimar, the domed building in the view, was the house of Colonel Robert Kyd, who founded Calcutta's Botanical Gardens in 1786. On the left is a dockyard begun in 1780 by Colonel Henry Watson and later acquired by Kyd's two sons, James and Alexander." (Source: British Library Board)

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