Original Drawings for Choix de Vues de L'Inde and Others, Volume I
Date:
between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Album of drawings on sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper on 19th century wash mounts
Dimensions:
Spine: 30 inches (76.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed correspondence in brown ink, bound between second and third drawings: "Answered with a descrip- | tion of my Drawing | 25 Jan 1856 | Sir John Soane's Museum | 22nd January 1856. | Sir | I have to acknowledge | with thanks, the receipt of | your [...] of the 17th insght relative | to the Drawing by Hodges in | this Collection & the moreso as | although I have looked through | I believe all the Views in India | published by Wm Hodges, Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart."; lower right: "Daniel | & others | & others I have not been able | to find an engraving of the | drawing in question, or any other | representation of a building or of | scenery similar thereto. - I annex | a light sketch of the drawing, & | should you hae leisure to | pursue the examination you | kindly propose, to a satisfactory | result, I shal feel greatly | obliged by a communication | on the subject, at your perfect | convenience. | I have the honor to be | Sir, Your obedt. & faithfull <...> | George Bailey" [Sketch in brown ink of 'The Garden Side of the Mosque at Chunar'] a large Tree in Shadow | a large light cloud | The Water appears to be | the extremity of | a Tank | or Lake, not a River: the shadows very | dark. | The Structure a landing place to a | Terrace, or Garden; there is no | indication of any large Building like | the Taj Mahal."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1722V
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Associated Places:
Bijagarh Fort | West Bengal | Chinsurah | Fatehpur Sikri | Faizabad | Etmadpur | Ghaghara River | Chunar | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | Ganges | Ghazipur | Asia | Bharat | Uttar Pradesh | Agra | Taj Mahal
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
India's Fabled City - The Art of Courtly Lucknow (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2010-12-12 - 2011-02-27)India's Fabled City - The Art of Courtly Lucknow (Musee National of Asian Art Guimet, 2011-04-06 - 2011-07-11)
Publications:
Douglas Fordham, Aquatint Worlds : Travel, Print, and Empire 1770-1820, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, 2019, p. 47, fig. 31, NE2230 .F674 2019 (LC) Oversize