The hot and cold springs of sitacoon
sihta-cond or sita-coon, is the name of a hill, or rather a chain of hillocks that overlook a lake of some miles in circuit. Which last cannot be anything else than the crater of a volcano https://books. Google. Co. Uk/books?id=0dncaaaacaaj&pg=pa209&lpg
the hot well of sitacoon , so named from setah , the favourite wife of ram , and having. (near) the rock of monghyr. Ganges https://books. Google. Co. Uk/books?id=7xvvt6k7nm4c&pg=pa87&lpg
drawing depicting people in a landscape with hot and cold springs. No. 19
from "pictorial journal of travels in hindustan from 1828, to 1833. By captain robert smith late h. M. 44th regt'", 65 detached and mounted illustrations in pencil. The work, much of it in diary form, includes illustrations of voyages on the ganges from calcutta to cawnpore, begun december 18, 1828, completed march 22, 1829; and visits to cawnpore, delhi, agra, lucknow and elsewhere in 1831-32. Smith retired to ireland in 1833 but continued to work on the unpublished manuscript until 1845. Materials and techniques: pencil on paper
dimensionsː height: 9. 2 cm, width: 15 cm
museum number: im. 15:19-1915. Date: between circa 1828 and circa 1833.
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