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Bridge over the river Biswamintree, near Brodera
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Jam. Forbes, 1783.
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- Source of title proper: Caption title.
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CA RBD MSG 276-9
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1834 (Publication)
- Publisher
- Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871
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1783 (Creation)
- Creator
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819
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1 print : colour etching ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 23.5 x 30 cm.
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(1749-1819)
Biographical history
James Forbes was born in London and went to Bombay in 1765 as a writer for the East India Company. He remained there until 1784. A draughtsman and keen observer, he filled 52,000 manuscript pages with notes on the natural history, archaeology, and religious and social life of India; these were later digested into his Oriental Memoirs, published between 1813 and 1815. Forbes was also the author of the 1810 "Reflections on the Character of the Hundus and the Necessity of Converting them to Christianity." After his return to England he married Rose Gaylard (1788), and spent considerable time travelling Europe.
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Hand-coloured engraving of a bridge image by James Forbes, engraved by J. Shury. Scene of the bridge over the river "Biswamintree" (Vishwamitri) near Brodera (Vadodara district of India, Gujarat).
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Gift of Madame Ethel Groffier, 2018.
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Also described in the McGill Library Catalogue.
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General note
This image is found also as plate 87 from the third volume of James Forbes' Oriental Memoirs.