Charles George Nicholls (fl. 1792-1818)

View near Derowly; View in the Sunderbunds, near Tacka; Boats on the Chuta Kullia River, Sunderbunds; and The Romish Church and Mission House, at Husseinabad

细节

Charles George Nicholls (fl. 1792-1818)
View near Derowly; View in the Sunderbunds, near Tacka; Boats on the Chuta Kullia River, Sunderbunds; and The Romish Church and Mission House, at Husseinabad
one signed 'C.G. Nicholls del^t.' (lower left), the third signed 'C.G. Nicholls' (lower left), the fourth signed 'C.G. Nicholls' (lower right) the fifth signed 'C.G.Nicholls delt.' (lower right), and inscribed 'VIEW NEAR DEROWLY.', 'VIEW IN THE SUNDERBUNDS, NEAR TACKA.', 'BOATS IN THE CHUTA KULLIA RIVER SUNDERBUNDS.', 'THE ROMISH CHURCH AND MISSION HOUSE AT HUSSEINABAD.', (in the margin)
pencil, the majority pen and ink and watercolour, one heightened with white, some with scratching out, all within the artist's black-lined border, unframed,
6¼ x 9¾ in.(21 x 24.7 cm.) (4)

拍品专文

The Sunderbunds is the name given to the Ganga delta covering an area of 2,500 square kilometres and is the largest mangrove forest in India. Most of the views in this lot are on rivers that make up part of the delta.