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A pioneer of dry point etching in India, Mukul Dey’s subjects were drawn from life around him, particularly from Santiniketan and Calcutta. This charming etching of the Hooghly river has country boats resting by the banks with a steamer at some distance. The vignette points to the busy traffic on the river without letting the squalor of urban habitation overwhelm the quiet interlude of the picture. The sweep of the river and the immensity of the sky render human activity inconsequential.