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Lot 48 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Old Maps and Vintage Prints 13 February 2024
Banyan Tree
Original hand-coloured lithograph on paper
View Dimensions Print size: 14.9 x 18.1 in (38 x 46.2 cm)Sheet size: 16.1 x 20.1 in (41 x 51.2 cm)With mount: 22.4 x 26.3 in (57 x 67 cm)Plate no. 7 from the book Views of Calcutta and its Environs, London: Dickinson, 1848D'Oyly cherished the beautiful vegetation and beauty of India. Because banyan trees are considered sacred by Hindus, it is illegal to chop them down. As a result, the trees grew enormously, sending out aerial roots that eventually sprout new branches when they reach the earth. This picture does a great job of capturing the tree's serpentine growth pattern.D’Oyly wrote to Warren Hastings (whose wife was his godmother): “To this wonderful work of nature I devoted four days of the last cold weather and while sitting under the spreading branches I could not help wondering that no painter had been induced to exert his talents in describing this tree as it ought to be—alone… it should stand in the picture as it does in nature unrivalled.”This work will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $2,169 Rs 1,80,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 46 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Old Maps and Vintage Prints 28 February 2023
General view of...
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
View Dimensions Print size: 13.5 x 22 in (34.5 x 56 cm) Sheet size: 17.25 x 25 in (43.8 x 63.3 cm)
Winning bid $667 Rs 54,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 14 Details
Old Maps and Vintage Prints 26 July 2022
View Near The...
View Dimensions 13.5 x 17.5 in (34 x 44.6 cm)
Winning bid $788 Rs 61,440 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 15 Details
Church Entrance...
Winning bid $805 Rs 62,760 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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