• The Taje Mahel, at Agra

Creator:

• Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) and William Daniell (1769-1837), engravers

Description:

• Hand-colored aquatint From Oriental Scenery, Volumes 1-6 [Hindostan and India], Volume 1 London: T. Daniell, 1795-1808

Curatorial Notes:

• In 1785, Thomas Daniell and his nephew William arrived in India by way of the permission of the East India Company. They stayed until 1794, making three major tours: from Calcutta to Srinagar (1788-91), a circular tour from Mysore to Madras (1792-3), and Bombay and its temple sites (1793). Back in England, uncle (known as an ‘artist-adventurer’) and nephew produced this, their most famous and influential work, Oriental Scenery with 144 prints paid for by subscribers not only throughout Britain, but also in Calcutta and Madras.

Photography:

• David Kelly Crow

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/k0698d881

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical