View of Esplanade Row, Calcutta from Chouringhee Rd

Location

Country: India
City: New Delhi
Place: British High Commission

Robert Havell junior was the son of painter, engraver and publisher Robert Havell senior. Together with his father, Robert junior formed the firm of R. Havell & Son. Father and son worked jointly on numerous projects, including their ‘Series of Views of the Public Buildings & Bridges in London’ (1821-22) and ‘Birds of America’ (1827-39) for the American ornithologist John James Audubon. However, Robert senior died in 1832, leaving his son to complete the project. In the following few years Havell focused on oil painting. As a result of his friendship with Audubon, he decided to emigrate to America, moving to Tarrytown, New York state, in 1857. Here he became a leading member of the Hudson River school. He died in Tarrytown at the age of 84.

Places

India, Calcutta, West Bengal, Bengal

Subjects

carriage, topography, townscape/cityscape, dog, horse, bird, heron, Indian, boy, man, woman, road, esplanade

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856)
Robert, Jnr Havell (1793 - 1878)

Title

View of Esplanade Row, Calcutta from Chouringhee Rd

Date

April 1824

Medium

Colour aquatint

Dimensions

height: 31.50 cm, width: 43.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, June 1960

GAC number

5203