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Kuddum Russool at Gour, Where they Shew the Print of their Prophet's Foot, in a Piece of White Marble.
Kuddum Russool at Gour, Where they Shew the Print of their Prophet's Foot, in a Piece of White Marble.
H.C. Delin.t. I. Moffat, Sculp.
[Published by James Moffat, n.d., c.1808.]
Scarce aquatint. 365 x 510mm (14¼ x 20"), with large margins, watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1806'. Slight central vertical crease.
A view of the Qadam Rasul mosque in Gour, West Bengal from James Moffat's (1775-1815) series of aquatints 'Views at Gaur', published in 1808 in Calcutta, after drawings by Henry Creighton (1767-1807). Creighton's drawings and study pioneered the research into the medieval ruins of Gaur which had once been the ancient capital of the rulers of Bengal.
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The Cutwaly Gate, Gour [&] A Small Gateway leading through the east side of the rampart of the Fort of Gour.
The Cutwaly Gate, Gour [&] A Small Gateway leading through the east side of the rampart of the Fort of Gour. [verso of the former] The Cutwaly or south gate of the ancient City of Gour from coloured prints done from sketches of Robert Creighton Esqre Grand father of the present who had the appointment of Malda & the care of the ruins of Gour many years before my brother
Two pencil drawings, each approx. 270 x 365mm (10½ x 14¼"). Water staining.
Two drawings of the ruined city of Gau?a or Lakhnauti (formerly known as Gour) on the India-Bangladesh border. The drawings are based on prints published in 'The ruins of Gour described and represented in eighteen views', which were themselves made after drawings by Henry Creighton, grandfather of the maker of these drawings (mistakenly referred to as Robert in the inscription). Malda, also referred to in the inscription, is a nearby city which gives its name to the Malda District in West Bengal which includes Gour.
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