LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Watercolour over pencil

Size Notes:

473 x 600

Description:

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Markings:

signed with intitals, inscribed and dated on adetached mount: South East View of BIDZEY GHUR Bahar./ Jany 8. 1790 W.D. delt

Exhibited:

London, Commonwealth Institute, The Daniells in India 1786-1793, 1960, no. 59;; Washington, Smithsonian Institution, The Daniells in India 1786-1793, 1962, no. 26;; London, Spink & Son, Artist Adventures in eighteenth century India: Thomas and William Daniell,1974, no. 46;; Preston,Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Fine Material for a Dream, 1992, no.21

Literature:

M. Archer, Early Views of India - The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, London 1980, p. 101;; G. Moorhouse, India Britannica, London 1983, p. 61;; M. Jacobs, The Painted Voyage: Art, Travel and Exploration 1564-1875, London 1995, p. 62;; Christie's, Review of the Year 1996, p. 51 (a record auction price for a watercolour by the artist);; G. Michell, Voyage en Inde: deux cents ans de patrimoine architectural et topographique en Inde/Aquatintes de Thomas et William Daniell, Paris 1998, pp. 2, 15 & 20

Provenance:

By descent in the artist's family until after 1840;; The Bromley-Davenport family of Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire,; by family descent until sold to Stevens & Brown of Godalming, 1951,; by whom sold to Messrs. Gooden & Fox, London, 10 September 1951,; by whom sold to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 1952,; their sale, London, Christie's, 24 September 1996, lot 31 (82,000),; where acquired by the present owner