Daniell, Thomas & Daniell, William
£2,629
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Raje Gaut, the principal road up to Rotas Ghur, Bahar. London: by Robert Bowyer, July 1795, plate V from Oriential Scenery, image size approx 47cm high by 60 cm wide, hand coloured aquatint, trimmed and remounted; Ibid Gate of the tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundra, near Agra. London: by Robert Bowyer, November 1795, plate IX from Oriental Scenery, image size approx 56cm high by 75.5cm wide, uncoloured, waterstaining to top right corner and along bottom edge, some small tears to edges; Ibid The sacred tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar. London, May 1796, plate XV from Oriential Scenery, image size approx 46cm high by 59cm wide, hand coloured lithograph, trimmed and remounted; Ibid Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad. London, October 1801, plate III from Oriential Scenery, image size 56cm high by 76cm wide, uncoloured, water stain in top right corner; Ibid Ruins at Cannouge. London, February 1802, plate VII from Oriental Scenery, image size approx 46cm high by 59cm wide, water stain to top right corner, chipping to edges; Ibid A mosque at Juanpore. London, April 1802, plate IX from Oriental Scenery, image size approx 56cm high by 76cm wide, small water stain to top right, discolouration and chipping to edges; Wales, James Kondoonty. London July 1803, plate I from Hindoo Excavations, image size approx 56cm high by 76cm wide, some slight browning, chipping to edges; Hodges, W A view of a mosque at Mounheer. London, December 1786, plate 17 from Select views in India..., hand coloured aquatint, image size approx 47cm high by 57cm wide, discolouration throughout the border area; Ibid A view of the mosque at Mounheer from the S.E. London, January 1787, plate 18 from Select views in India..., image size approx 47cm high by 57cm wide, extensive foxing; Ibid A view of the Great Pagoda at Tanjore. London, March 1787, plate 24 from Select views in India..., image size approx 47cm high by 57cm wide, slight foxing in borders; Ibid A view of the ravines at Etana. London, May 1787, plate 27 from Select views in India, image size approx 47cm high by 57cm wide, foxing to borders, faint ink stamp in lower border; Schlagintweit, Hermann de The summit of Parisnath in Bahar. Paris, March 1857, hand coloured aquatint, large water stain in lower left corner, extensive foxing and tearing in borders and two Japanese watercolours by Y. Matsumoto and H. Yoshimoto, approx size 33cm by 25cm wide (14)
Footnote
Note: Tooley 172, 263
Daniell's Oriental scenery or Views of the architecture, antiquities and landscape scenery of Hindostan has been viewed as the "finest illustrated work on India" (Tooley p.149). Published between 1795-1810 the work consists of seven stages: three sets of 24 plates titled Oriental Scenery dated 1795, 1797 and 1801; 12 plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1799; 24 plates titled Hindoo excavations dated 1803; 24 plates titled Views in Hindoostan dated 1807; and 12 further plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1808.
William and Thomas Daniells started their journey in 1788 at Bengal, following the Ganges to Kanpur before travelling overland to Agra and Delhi, the same route previously taken by William Hodges. This series of aquatints influenced the early 19th Century fashion for Indian-inspired architecture back in Britain and in the 20th Century aided the Archaeological Survey of India.