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This coloured lithograph published by Dickinson & Co. is taken from plate 12 of Sir Charles D'Oyly's Views of Calcutta and its Environs.

The original drawings for this work were likely created between 1833 and 1838 while D'Oyly was a Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt, and Opium and Marine Board in Calcutta. However, some of them must have been finalised between 1839 and 1845, when he retired. After D'Oyly's death in Italy... This coloured lithograph published by Dickinson & Co. is taken from plate 12 of Sir Charles D'Oyly's Views of Calcutta and its Environs.

The original drawings for this work were likely created between 1833 and 1838 while D'Oyly was a Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt, and Opium and Marine Board in Calcutta. However, some of them must have been finalised between 1839 and 1845, when he retired. After D'Oyly's death in Italy in 1845, the complete work was published. D'Oyly, the son of a prominent nawab, became the focal point of a fashionable group that was dedicated to the art of drawing. He was a satirical observer of Anglo-Indian life, possessing boundless energy. D'Oyly resided in Patna from 1821 to 1832, during which time travellers travelling up the Ganges would halt and spend vivacious evenings at his residence, where they would admire his drawings and dine on an exquisite meal.

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