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X432/5(19)
- Record Id:
- 040-003288683
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000390
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- X432/5(19)
- Title:
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'The Observatory at Delhi.' Plate 19 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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The Observatory at Delhi.
Nos. XIX AND XX. THE OBSERVATORY AT DELHI.
These plates contain views of the GREAT DIAL, with many other mural instruments for astronomical purposes, situated at a short distance, southward from the walls of the city of Delhi.
Should it be thought these extraordinary works ought not to have been classed with the Antiquities of India, as it is believed by some that they were erected by Jaysinga, a Rajah of great reputation for his skill in the mathematical sciences, who lived in the 17th century, the Author hopes that the singularity, as well as the magnitude of such astronomical instruments, will be a sufficient apology for introducing them here.
A very minute account of these works is given in the fifth volume of the Asiatic Researches by Mr. Hunter.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288351
040-003288683 - Is part of:
- DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) : DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters…
X432/5(19) : 'The Observatory at Delhi.' Plate 19 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288351[0331]/040-003288683
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1799-1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: aquatint; coloured
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Daniell, William, painter and engraver, 1769-1837
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Daniell Collections
observatories