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Henry Salt: The town of Serajpur on the Ganges (U.P.). 6 September 1803   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Henry Salt  (1780–1827)  wikidata:Q733780 s:en:Author:Henry Salt
 
Henry Salt
Alternative names
Salt
Description British diplomat, egyptologist, archaeologist, painter, botanist and drawer
Date of birth/death 14 June 1780 / 30 October 1780 Edit this at Wikidata 30 October 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lichfield Desouk
Work location
Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) and Egypt
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artist QS:P170,Q733780
Title
The town of Serajpur on the Ganges (U.P.). 6 September 1803
Object type drawing
object_type QS:P31,Q93184
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English: The town of Serajpur on the Ganges (U.P.). 6 September 1803..
Pen-and-ink and wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of the town of Serajpur on the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, dated 6th September 1803. The drawing is inscribed on the back in pencil: 'Serajpore Ganges'. Viscount Valentia (George Annesley) wrote, "In the evening we passed the town of Serajpur, pleasingly situated on the right bank of the river, with several Hindoo temples and gauts to the edge, for ablutions, some of which were in ruins, but others were building. The country is flat, excepting the high bank of the river, on which, in general, the villages are situated, surrounded by mango topes. Not unfrequently a little pagoda peeped from among the trees, and the river expanded with reaches of eight or nine miles, altogether forming a scene that was grand and pleasing, notwithstanding the even line of the horizon.""
Depicted place Surajpur
Date 14 September 1803
date QS:P571,+1803-09-14T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions height: 45.5 cm (17.9 in); width: 98 cm (38.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,45.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,98U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
WD98
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000098u00000000.html
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