Sir Charles D'Oyly | |
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 Tom Roe sits for his portrait in Chinnery's studio by Charles D'Oyly, 1828 | |
| Born | 17 September 1781 |
| Died | 1845 Livorno, Italy |
| Nationality | British-Indian |
| Known for | Painter, sketcher, administrator, author |
| Movement | Orientalism |
Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet (1781–1845), was a British public official and painter from Dacca (now Dhaka). He was a member of the Bengal Civil Service based in Calcutta, Dacca and Patna from 1797 to 1838. Although he held senior positions with the East India Company's civil service, he is best known as an amateur artist who published many books featuring engravings and lithographs featuring Indian subject matter.
He was notable for being the founder and president of an amateur arts society in Patna called the Behar School of Athens.[1]
- ^ Young, Tom (2021). "The Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrapbooks: Art and Sociability in Colonial India". Heidelberg University Publishing.