LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.30 in. (79.50 cm.) (height) by 49.53 in. (125.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'W. Daniell.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Shivala Ghaut and / Cheyt Singh's House / near Benares.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1802, no. 25 ('Shuwollah Gaut, Benares, on the river Ganges').

Literature:

T. Sutton, The Daniells Artists and Travellers, London, 1954, p.33 M. Shellim, India and the Daniells, London, 1979, p.105, WD3 ('Shivala Ghat Cheyt Singh's House near Benares, U.P. 1802'), illustrated in colour, and pp.127 and 142. M. Shellim, India and the Daniells Additional Oil paintings, London, 1988, p.14.

Provenance:

Colonel Eric C. Dunstan. with Thomas Agnew & Sons (label on the stretcher). D.F. Glass, Esq; Christie's, 24 June 1977, lot 69 (£9,500). with Spink & Son. Private collection, London, from 16 January 1978.