Lord Hastings' flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows, 1814-15 (w/c on paper)

from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' 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. Buxar, a city in Bengal, was the site of the famous Battle of Buxar in 1764 when Nawab Shuja ud-Daula of Avadh (r.1753-1775) was defeated by Sir Hector Munro. View of the flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows (some with palanquins on their roofs), and beyond a small British station (Union flag) on the cliffs above; lots of people and smoke rising from a fire. The two largest boats were occupied respectively by Lord and Lady Hastings and their children. Inscribed below: 'The River Butar.- Ganges in the foreground with part of Lord Moira's Fleet.' This seems to be meant to be the River 'at' Buxar, which the flotilla reached on August 19th.