Title

'Death of Bishop Heber', 1846. Artist: James Sands.

Caption

'Death of Bishop Heber', 1846. Reginald Heber (1783-1826), English clergyman, and traveller, served as the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta until his sudden death at the age of 42. On 3rd April 1826 the Bishop died suddenly, possibly from the shock of a cold bath. Here we see him being carried from the bath by his servants and chaplain. After H. Melville. From The People's Gallery of Engravings, by Rev. G.N.Wright. [Charles Tilt, London, 1845]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1846

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C71_486

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

101,6Mb (5,8Mb) / 24,4in x 16,2in / 7308 x 4860 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors England female women woman people male job man men India religious architecture country balcony religion day guy occupation English death Christianity village Calcutta West Bengal tent tents location century profession lady concept B&W bishop servant coffin MONOCHROME cleric clergyman Architectural Feature 19th century black & white black and white B W chaplain nineteenth century The Print Collector TGN Charles Reginald Heber H Melville engraving landscape Kolkata Wright Reginald Charles Tilt Tilt Heber George Newenham Wright George Newenham James Sands Sands James Melville H Rev GN Wright George Newenham Wright Charles Tilt engraving landscape