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Creator:
unknown artist
Title:
The Taj Mahal from the River
Date:
1818
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 7/8 inches (30.2 × 47.9 cm), Image: 11 × 18 inches (27.9 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in brown ink, center: "Drawing of the celebrated Marble Mausoleum | at Agra | with Lieut. James Charter's best Love to his Cousin Alex Malet. | 1818"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22433
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Associated Places:
Agra | India
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17795
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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Romance of the Taj Mahal (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1990-08-23 - 1990-11-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Romance of the Taj Mahal (Toledo Museum of Art, 1990-04-28 - 1990-07-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Romance of the Taj Mahal (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989-12-17 - 1990-03-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, Inside back cover, no. 24, V2359 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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