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WD1015
- Record Id:
- 040-003288502
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0002db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137996920.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1015
- Title:
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S.W. view of the Fakir's Rock in the River Ganges, near Sultanganj (Bihar). October 1788. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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Pencil and wash drawing of the south-west view of the Fakir's Rock in the River Ganges, near Sultanganj in Bihar, dated October 1788
Inscribed on back in ink: ‘No.4. Fakeer's Rock near Sultangunje.’
Purchased 10 March 1957.
Note: Sketch for ‘Oriental Scenery,’ part 5, plate 9.
Reproduced: Archer, ‘Country Life,’ 23 January 1958, fig.1.
This drawing is the preparatory sketch for 'Oriental Scenery,' part 5, plate 9. Opposite the town of Sultanganj, a sacred rock emerges dramatically from the river Ganges. It is covered with reliefs of Visnu, dating fom the 8th Century and other standing divinities. On the top there is a small temple as this is a place of pilgrimage. The Fakeer's Rock is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage on the Ganges, as here was believed to be the residence of the hermit Jahnu who swallowed up the Ganges.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Russell Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288351
040-003288502 - Is part of:
- DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) : DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters…
WD1015 : S.W. view of the Fakir's Rock in the River Ganges, near Sultanganj (Bihar). October 1788. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288351[0151]/040-003288502
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137996920.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1788
- End Date:
- 1788
- Date Range:
- 1788
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; wash. 50 x 65 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 576
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)