File:Fort of Agra at a distance from the East - Bonhams.jpg
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[edit]Sita Ram: Fort of Agra at a distance from the East
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Fort of Agra at a distance from the East |
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Agra Fort, from the east, by the artist Sita Ram, from an album commissioned by Lord Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal. paper watermarked 1806, laid down on a larger sheet watermarked 1811, inscribed in lower border Fort of Agra at a distance from the East part of an album titled Views by Seeta Ram from Secundra to Agra. Vol. IX, one of two albums of works by Sita Ram sold at auction in London in June 1974. The drawing for this watercolour would have been done when Hastings and his party reached Agra in early 1815. Lord Hastings' journal mentions that they arrived in Agra on the 23rd of February 1815 and left on the 28th. It is possible that the drawings were painted and pasted down on their backing folios in Fatehgarh during the summer of 1815 where the travelling contingent remained for the entire hot season. The drawings would have been bound into albums when they returned to Calcutta. The inscriptions may have been added by Sita Ram or an Indian clerk, copying from an English source. Provenance: The Collection of Evelyn and Peter Kraus. Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 9 June 1974, lot 263. Bonhams Sale:ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART, 19 April 2016, 11:00 BST, London, New Bond Street. auction/23436/lot/271/ |
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| Depicted place | Agra | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | circa 1815 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | watercolor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 36.5 cm (14.3 in); width: 59.5 cm (23.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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auction/23436/lot/271/ |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23436/lot/271/agra-fort-from-the-east-by-the-artist-sita-ram-from-an-album-commissioned-by-lord-hastings-governor-general-of-bengal-north-india-possibly-fatehgarh-1815/ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 09:54, 16 May 2023 | | 4,034 × 2,880 (1.27 MB) | Broichmore (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |Artist={{Creator:Sita Ram}} |title = Fort of Agra at a distance from the East |object type = drawing |Description= Agra Fort, from the east, by the artist Sita Ram, from an album commissioned by Lord Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal. paper watermarked 1806, laid down on a larger sheet watermarked 1811, inscribed in lower border Fort of Agra at a distance from the East part of an album titled Views by Seeta Ram from Secundra to Agra. Vol. IX, one of two alb... |
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