Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India, Light of Asia, undated
- Title:
- Light of Asia
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 9/16 inches (26 × 19.2 cm), Mount: 11 5/16 × 8 9/16 inches (28.7 × 21.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "Inscrip | x no 1 | 1 in two Pieces | P[...]"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "29"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2000.6.174
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | Buddhist | light | religious and mythological subject | sculpture | study (visual work)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:48133
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On the Paths of Illumination. The Myth of India in Western Culture 1857-2017 (Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, 2017-09-24 - 2018-01-21) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Elio Schenini, On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture, 1808-2017, Skira editore, Milano, Italy, p. 84, cat. 27, N7305 .O58 2017 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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