File:'Dr Duncan Stewart's residence Chouringee' RMG PY6032-001.tiff

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Edward F Lingham
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English: 'Dr Duncan Stewart's residence Chouringee'

Pen and ink drawing of Chouringee or Chowringhee, an area of Calcutta, India, where Duncan Stewart, Margaret Brodie Herschel 's brother lived. Duncan worked as a medical doctor with the East India Company and spent most of his working life (1825-1855) stationed in Calcutta.

The artist Edward F. Lingham is not a well known artist, but was probably a friend or colleague of Duncan's.

'Dr Duncan Stewart's residence Chouringee'
Date 24 March 1850
date QS:P571,+1850-03-24T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions Overall: 273 x 438 mm
Notes Box Title: Herschel Collection 1.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/145979
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id number: PAH6032
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Herschel family

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