Main entry:

Forrest, Charles Ramus, author.

Title & Author:

A picturesque tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India : consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings made on the spot, with illustrations, historical and descriptive / by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, late on the staff of His Majesty's service in Bengal.

Publication:

London : Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, July 1824.
London : Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand

Description:

iv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 191 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (chiefly hand colored), 1 map ; 37 cm

Notes:
Place of printing and printer from colophon.
Aquatint plates, with captions, dated July 1-December 1, 1824; engraved by G. Hunt or T. Sutherland.
Engraved title page with hand-colored aquatint.
Folded, engraved frontispiece map: Sketch of the rivers Ganges and Jumna : from their mouth's, to their issue from the mountains.
Originally issued in 6 monthly parts.
Aquatint plates: Hindoo pagodas below Barrackpore, on the Ganges / G. Hunt sculpt. -- Hindoo village on the Ganges, near Ambooah / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Ghaut of Cutwah, on the Ganges / G. Hunt sculpt. -- Part of the city of Moorshedabad, ancient capital of Bengal / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Mountains of Rajemahal, where they descend to the Ganges / engraved by T. Sutherland -- The Mootee Girna, or Fall of Pearls, in the Rajemahal Hills / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- The Rocks of Colgong / G. Hunt sculpt. -- Ancient tomb at the confluence of the Boglipore Nullah and the Ganges / G. Hunt sculpt. -- A village on the Ganges above Boglipore / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- The Fakeers' Rock at Janguira, near Sultangunj / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Village and pagoda below Patra Azimabad, on the Ganges / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Hindoo ghaut on the Ganges, below Benares / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- City of Benares, from the Ganges / engraved by T. Sutherland -- Sacred tank and pagodas near Benares / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- City of Benares, from the Ganges / engraved by T. Sutherland -- Mahamedan mosque and tomb near Benares / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- The Indian fort of Chunargurh, on the Ganges / engraved by T. Sutherland -- Raj Ghaut and fort of Allahabad, at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Tombs near Etaya, in the Doo-ab on the Jumna River / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Surseya Ghaut, Khanpore / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- City of Luknow, capital of province of Oude, on the Goomty River / G. Hunt sculpt. -- Palace of the King of Delhi, taken from the principal mosque / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- The Cuttub Minar in the ruins of ancient Delhi / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- Grand gateway and tomb of the Emperor Acber at Secundra / T. Sutherland sculpt. -- The Taj Majal, tomb of the Emperor Shah Jehan and his queen / T. Sutherland sculpt.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, entry 441

Subject:

Travel
India Description and travel.
India History.
India Pictorial works.
Inde Descriptions et voyages.
Inde Histoire.
India

Form/genre:

History
Aquatints.

Added entries:

Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, engraver.
Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825, engraver.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Harrison, L. (Lancelot), active 1807-1842, printer.
England London.

Tour along the Ganges and Jumna.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 65810
Call No.: ID:85-B9287
Status: Available