The Anchorage at Saugor
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Anchorage at Saugor is a 1830 by Robert Captain Smith, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a quiet harbor scene with several ships at anchor. In the foreground, a small boat with a few people rows toward the larger vessels. The water is choppy, and the ships—some with tall masts and others smaller—float in the distance. The sky is faint, blending into the pale background. Notice how the artist used fine lines to create depth, especially in the waves and sails. This style was common in drawings of the time. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with layered lines.
The drawing depicts the anchorage at Saugor as recorded by Captain Robert Smith during his travels along the Ganges from Calcutta to Cawnpore between December 1828 and March 1829. Part of a larger collection of 65 mounted pencil illustrations from Smith’s unpublished *Pictorial Journal of Travels in Hindustan*, the work includes additional sketches from visits to cities such as Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow between 1831 and 1832. Smith, a former officer in the 44th Regiment of the British Army, completed the manuscript in Ireland after retiring in 1833, finalizing it in 1845. The drawing was later…
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Robert Captain Smith (1792–1882) was an artist, born in Dublin.
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