Image: A large Mughal encampment

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Description: Watercolour of a Mughal encampment from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Mohumdy to Gheen Vol. V' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r.1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15. Moradabad, in Uttar Pradesh, was founded around 1625 by Rustam Khan, the governor of Katehr, who named it after the imperial prince Murad Bakhsh. The Afghan Rohillas acquired Moradabad in 1740 and controlled the city until 1773 when it passed to control of the Nawab of Awadh. Nawab Shuja ud-Daula of Awadh (r.1753-1775) subsequently ceeded part of his territory including Moradabad to the Britsh in 1801. View of a large Mughal encampment. Inscribed below: 'Camp of the Deputation from the King of Delhi at Moradabad.'
Title: A large Mughal encampment
Credit: 'Views by Seeta Ram from Mohumdy to Gheen Vol. V' produced for Lord Moira http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/a/019addor0004768u00000000.html
Author: Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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