The Motee Girna, or Fall of Pearls in the Rajemahal Hills from the book, A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest (1750-1827)

Thomas Sutherland, English, active 1785 - 1825

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1824

Hand color etching on paper

Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 in. (24.1 × 30.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.958.179.6

Publisher

Rudolph Ackermann

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, lower right: T. Sutherland sculp.t; upper right: Plate VI.; lower center: THE MOTEE GIRNA,/OR FALL OF PEARLS IN THE RAJEMAHAL HILLS./London, Published by R. ACKERMANN, 101 Strand, Aug.t 1, 1824

Provenance

The Book & Print Shop, Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1958.

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