Calcutta from the River Hoogly: Gentoo Buildings from the Views of Calcutta

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Daniell (1749-1840)

  William Daniell (1769-1837)

• School/Tradition

  Company school

• Label

  Calcutta's importance was based upon its strategic location on the Hugli (Hoogly) River linking the Bay of Bengal with the north Indian plain. In front of banks lined with the warehouses and homes of Indian (or Gentoo) merchants, the Hugli bustles with river traffic. Country boats with bamboo decks and a horse-headed pleasure craft ply up and down the river. The tall ship flying a British flag in the middle of the composition is similar to the type Thomas and William Daniell used during their travels up the river.

• Provenance

  From the 1960s to 1999

  Lee and Roy Galloway, Easton, MD, acquired by the donors in India in the 1960s [1]

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Lee and Roy Galloway in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Changing Tastes: Indian Paintings of the 18th and 19th Century (December 17, 2000 to July 15, 2001)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Roy Galloway

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Lee and Roy Galloway

• Type

  Print

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• Date

  1780s

• Name

  Galloway, Roy

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Cities and towns, Rivers

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Prints