In Memory of Sir R N Mookerjee by his friends in Calcutta in 1937.
Period / Year of Work
1787
Inscription
Signed T.Daniell
Dimensions
101.6x127cm
Brief Description
View of the Military Orphan House,which is at present the
Magistrate's Cutchery at Howrah. The building is seen from
the river,a life boat,two country boats & a junk which sails
on the river's eroded banks. A Lawn between the the river
bank and the building, clouds in the sky, and river with
ripples.
Detailed Description
The building situated on the bank of the Hughli,near Howrah,was built in 1767 for the rum distillery and afterwards known as Lovett's gardens.Purchased in 1785 by the Military Orphan Society as a school for the Children of Private soldiers who occupied it till 1815.
