The Chateesetoon, Ghazipoor
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Chateesetoon, Ghazipoor is a 1830 by Robert Captain Smith, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a busy riverside scene with three large ships anchored near shore. People walk along the water’s edge, and buildings—some grand, some simple—line the background. The drawing is mostly in black lines, with no color, and the ships look ready for work. The artist focused on daily life near the water, not fancy details. The ships and buildings suggest a place where trade or travel mattered. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with just lines.
The drawing depicts a shoreline landscape featuring boats, created by Captain Robert Smith as part of his *Pictorial Journal of Travels in Hindustan* (1828–1833), which documents voyages along the Ganges and visits to cities such as Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow. The work consists of 65 detached and mounted pencil illustrations, many in diary form, with the journal completed in 1845 after Smith’s retirement to Ireland. The piece was later donated to the collection by W. M. Biden in 1915.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Robert Captain Smith (1792–1882) was an artist, born in Dublin.
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