View of Calcutta

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A view from the side of a wide river to Calcutta which is in the distance on the opposite bank. Several boats are on the river: one in background in full sail; two small barges in the foreground; one in the bottom left corner; and one nearer the centre. Several small thatched huts line the rounded river bank nearest the viewer, on the right, with tree branches overhanging them. A lone figure sits in front of the huts, near the water's edge, next to a small vessel pulled up on the shore. The blue sky has one particularly dark cloud in the top right.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

View of Calcutta

Date

1789–1791

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 62.9 x W 94.8 cm

Accession number

1949.104

Acquisition method

gift from Sir Thomas D. Barlow, 1949

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Unsigned

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