Charles D'Oyly's Calcutta, early nineteenth century / [curatorial team: Gholam Nabi, Subir Dey, Sujit Roy, Arunabha Ghosh, Benoy Simgh, Jayanta De, R.P. Silva, Shakil Ahmed. Nanak Ganguly ; concept and ideas: Professor Chitta Panda ; text by Nanak Ganguly ; designed by Sucharu Das ; edited by Professor Chitta Panda]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781-1845, artist.

Contributor:

Victoria Memorial (Museum : India), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781-1845--Catalogs.

D'Oyly, Charles.

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781-1845.

Victoria Memorial (Museum : India).

Artists--India--19th century.

Artists.

Kolkata (India)--19th century--In art.

Kolkata (India).

Kolkata (India)--History--19th century.

India.

India--Kolkata.

Genre:

Art.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 volume : chiefly color illustrations

Manufacture:

Kolkata : Printed by CDC Printers Pvt. Ltd.

Place of Publication:

Kolkata : Victoria Memorial Hall, [2011]

Summary:

"This catalogue focuses on 30 images of early 19th century Calcutta and its environs painted by Sir Charles D'Oyly, one of the most accomplished artists of 19th century British India. Sir Charles was not a professional artist. He was not trained in London or elsewhere in the U.K. Like many of his illustrious predecessors or contemporaries, such as Tilly Kettle, Thomas and William Daniell, Zohann Zoffany, Hodges, Moffat, Samuel Davis, Simpson, James Baille Fraser, William Prinsepp or William Wood. Born in 1781 in Murshidabad, (the capital of Bengal Subah till 1757), he accompanied his family to the U.K. for formal education there and returned to Calcutta in 1808 only to serve the East India Company in various capacities till his retirement in 1833. He served as Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt, Opium and the Marine. He always inevitably managed to hold enviable positions. Collector of Dacca (1808-12), Collector of Customs in Calcutta (1813-21), the Opium Agent and the Commercial Resident of Patna (1821-31). In the course of his long stay in Calcutta, Dacca, Patna and Calcutta, his artistic skill was refined over the years in the company of his mentor George Chinnery as well as his second wife Elizabeth Jane Ross (herself, a painter) and several local artists with whom he worked over these years. The initial amateurish gaucheness disappeared very quickly. His artwork, seen as void of picturesque traits, received both recognition and audience. He was soon considered to be one of the finest liners of his time. Images produced in the Antiquities of Dacca (1817), the Bahar Amateur Lithographic Scrap (1829), Views of Calcutta & Environs (1848), Sketches of a New Road in a Journey from Calcutta to Gyah (1860) and the burlesque poem "Tom Raw, the Griffin" are illustrative of his artistic skill, his sensibilities and his perceptions of the locality symptomatic of the European gaze."--Preface.

Notes:

Cover title.

OCLC:

862976050