Old Cawnpoor
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Old Cawnpoor is a 1830 by Robert Captain Smith, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet riverside scene with a small boat sailing toward a stone platform. Behind it, a hill rises with a mix of buildings—some look old, others more modern—and a domed structure sits near the water’s edge. A few trees and tents are scattered along the shore, and the sky is soft and pale. The artist used light pencil strokes to show texture, like the ripple of water or the rough steps leading up from the platform. The boats and buildings are simple but give a sense of daily life by the river. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more drawings like this one.
A pencil drawing titled Old Cawnpoor by Robert Captain Smith from 1830 depicts steps descending to a river. The work is part of a series of 65 detached and mounted illustrations in the "Pictorial Journal of Travels in Hindustan from 1828 to 1833," which includes Smith's travels on the Ganges and visits to locations such as Cawnpore, Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow between 1828 and 1832. Smith, a former member of the 44th Regiment of the British Army, retired to Ireland in 1833 and continued working on the unpublished manuscript until 1845. The drawing was later acquired by the museum, with records…
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Robert Captain Smith (1792–1882) was an artist, born in Dublin.
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