WD4506

A great rock rising from the plain near Tattakkal, hills behind, first sketched 17 May 1792.

Pencil, grey, brown and blue wash, watermark ‘J TAYLOR’; 368 x 536 mm.

Inscribed: ‘N 19 Near Tatcul’ (on the reverse, covered). ‘Tatcul’ repeated on Russell’s mount in front.

Provenance: Sir Henry Russell. Exhibited: London, Walker Galleries, 1933, no. 125. With Walker Galleries, London, 1961, by whom presented to the William and Mildred Archer collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Art-Collections Fund, Christie’s, lot 6, 24 September 2003.

Note: William Daniell records in his diary entry for 17 May 1792: ‘Tutgul & Guggen Gur appeared so very picturesque a mile or two after we left it this morning that we stopped and made Sketches of them. My Uncle rode towards a very singular Rock that appeared to be but a short distance from us, but before he got to it the distance proved to be near three miles. It stands on the West bank of the Pennar River a mile or two to the right of the Darampoury Road (and was) supposed to be about 100 feet high.’