View near Tonk in Rajpootana

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Abstract
View of a building and ruins, surrounded from behind by trees, along a riverbank. Several small groups of people are gathered at the river, and mountains appear in the distance.
Contributor
Reeve, Richard Gilson, 1803-1889 (Engraver), Westall, William, 1781-1850 (Artist), Auber, Charles Peter, 1790-1825 (Artist), Grindlay, Robert Melville (Contributor), Smith, Elder, and Co. (Publisher)
Date
1826 to 1830
Department
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions
image 21 x 28 cm, sheet 31 x 42 cm
Genre
engravings (prints)
Last Modified
2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language
English
Materials
1 print : hand-colored aquatint, White paper, gilt edges.
Notes
Library copy 2 on smaller off-white sheet (29 x 38 cm). (Local Note), from a drawing by Capt. Chas. Auber of the Quarter Mastr. Genls. Department, Ceylon ; drawn by W. Westall ; engd. by R.G. Reeve. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
Provenance
Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Related Material
References: Abbey, J. R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 1957, 442, vol, 2, plate 26, Plate appears in: Scenery, costumes and architecture, chiefly on the western side of India / by Captain Robert Melville Grindlay. London : R. Ackerman, 1826-[1830]. Volume 2, plate 26.
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Series
Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Grindlay, Robert Melville. Scenery, costumes and architecture, chiefly on the western side of India
Subject
India--Tonk, India--Rajasthan
Technique
engraving (printing process)

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