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1. DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)

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DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
Title:
DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters and engravers. In India 1786 to 1793. Note: The historic collection ...
Scope & Content:
DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters and engravers. In India 1786 to 1793. Note: The historic collection of drawings by these artists in the India Office Library would all appear to have been made during the Daniells' visit to India or during their...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1899
Extent:
361 items

2. Foster 167

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Foster 167
Title:
Quadrangle of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, UP. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Quadrangle of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri. Painted by William Daniell, 1833. Oil on canvas; 32 by 50 ins (81 by 127 cms). Purchased 1917. Literature: Sutton (1954) 39; Shellim (1979), WD 27; Archer (1981), 45-6. Exhibited: R.A. 1833 (327), ‘Mosque of Futtypore Sikri, near Agra, built by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD1771-1786

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WD1771-1786
Title:
Sixteen drawings of architectural details from Hindu and Muhammadan buildings in India, including Colgong, Deo, Bodhgaya. 1788-93. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Sixteen drawings of architectural details from Hindu and Muhammadan buildings in India, including Colgong, Delhi (Nizamuddin complex), Deo, Bodhgaya. WD1784 has a female Indian head on the reverse. 1788-93. Pencil and wash.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1793
Extent:
1 item

4. Foster 669

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Foster 669
Title:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well In the foreground. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well in the foreground. Painted by Thomas Daniell c.1820. Oil on canvas; 21.5 by 17 ins (54.5 by 43 cms). Presented by Sir William Foster, 1938. Literature: Shellim (1979), TD 102.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD1733

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1733
Title:
Hills by the Bogue, the entrance to the Pearl River, about forty miles from Canton (China). 16 March 1794. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Hills by the Bogue, the entrance to the Pearl River, about forty miles from Canton (China). 16 March 1794. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Left of the entrance Bogue 16th March 1794.’ Notes on front in pencil. Pencil; 12.25 by 16.5 ins. Purchased 8 November 1961.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

6. Foster 577

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 577
Title:
Rope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, UP.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Rope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, U.P. Painted by Thomas Daniell, 1808. The old town (since washed away by floods from the bursting of the Gohna lake in 1904) occupies the centre of the picture, but is partially hidden by the rock in the foreground. It was once the c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item