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View in Behar, in an Anglo-Indian Album associated with Sir Charles D'Oyly ca. 1828 Sir Charles D'Oyly British Born to English parents in Bengal, D’Oyly followed his father into the civil service. By 1820 he was the East India Company’s opium agent and commercial resident, or tax collector, at Patna, on the Ganges River in Bihar, northeast India. An avid and accomplished amateur artist, whose "pencil like his hookah-snake was always in his hand," D’Oyly established a lithographic press that he operated between 1828 and 1831 with the help of Indian assistants. This fine representation of the pr

View in Behar, in an Anglo-Indian Album associated with Sir Charles D'Oyly ca. 1828 Sir Charles D'Oyly British Born to English parents in Bengal, D’Oyly followed his father into the civil service. By 1820 he was the East India Company’s opium agent and commercial resident, or tax collector, at Patna, on the Ganges River in Bihar, northeast India. An avid and accomplished amateur artist, whose "pencil like his hookah-snake was always in his hand," D’Oyly established a lithographic press that he operated between 1828 and 1831 with the help of Indian assistants. This fine representation of the pr Stock Photo
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3514 x 2863 px | 29.8 x 24.2 cm | 11.7 x 9.5 inches | 300dpi

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20 January 2022

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View in Behar, in an Anglo-Indian Album associated with Sir Charles D'Oyly ca. 1828 Sir Charles D'Oyly British Born to English parents in Bengal, D’Oyly followed his father into the civil service. By 1820 he was the East India Company’s opium agent and commercial resident, or tax collector, at Patna, on the Ganges River in Bihar, northeast India. An avid and accomplished amateur artist, whose "pencil like his hookah-snake was always in his hand, " D’Oyly established a lithographic press that he operated between 1828 and 1831 with the help of Indian assistants. This fine representation of the press’s output shows the Bodhi Tree at Bihar, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. It is mounted in an album that was assembled in India by 1828.. View in Behar, in an Anglo-Indian Album associated with Sir Charles D'Oyly. Sir Charles D'Oyly (British (born India), Murshidabad 1781–1845 Florence). ca. 1828. Lithograph. Prints