Title
SOUTH EAST VIEW of the NEW GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CALCUTTA = VUE du NOUVEL HO_TEL du GOUVERNEMENT A_ CALCUTTA, PRISE du SUD EST. : to the Most Noble Richard Colley Wellesley, MARQUIS WELLESLEY, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, GOVERNOR GENERAL of INDIA, Captain General of His Majestey's & the Honble East India Company's Forces in the East Indies, &c &c &c This Print is most respectfully Inscribed by Edwd Orme = Cette Estampe est De_diee_ avec Permission et respect Au Tre_s Noble Richard Colley Wellesley, MARQUIS de WELLESLEY, Chevalier du tre_s Illustre Ordre de St Patrice, GOUVERNER GE_NE_RAL de L'Inde, Capitaine Ge_ne_ral des Forces de sa Majeste et de L'Honorable Compagnie des Indes Orientales &c &c &c par Edwd Orme. / Drawn by Moffat, Calcutta ; Engraved under the direction of Edwd Orme by J. Clark & H. Merke, London.
Creator
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published & Sold Jany 1 1805, by Edwd Orme His Majesty's Printseller; 59 New Bond Street, London., [January 1 1805]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 51.2 x 69.1 cm, on sheet 53.5 x 72.9 cm
Description
View of a large neo-classical house built on a cross with a domed central section, seen across a lawn with town buildings in the background, ships' masts to left, tents to right and people, including a man being carried in a litter into the left foreground. Titles separated by a coat of arms.
Place
Kolkata (India)
Other persons
Merke, Henri, printmaker.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.115.46.b.