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Creator:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Title(s):
[Views in Calcutta]
Published/Created:
Calcutta : [Thomas Daniell], 1786-1788.
Physical Description:
12 prints : etching ; images 40 x 52 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 18
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/alma/9932969533408651
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Collective title and individual print titles from Abbey.
Description based on the Abbey (YCBA) copy, in which each print has been trimmed at the image edge and mounted to an additional sheet of paper (48 x 61 cm).
Each print is signed "T. Daniell fec." alongside the numbering and the place and date of publication.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 492
Sutton, T. Daniells: artists and travellers, pages 20-23
BAC Folio B 2024 18: The Abbey copy. Hand-colored. In modern red cloth portfolio, with gilt title tooled on leather rectangle on cover: Coloured Etchings of Views of Calcutta.
Subject Terms:
Kolkata (India) -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Cityscapes.
Views.
Etchings.
Hand coloring.
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  • No. 1. [The old fort, the playhouse, Holwell's Monument], 1786
  • No. 2. [The old court house and writer's buildings], 1786
  • No. 3. [Part of the old tank], 1786
  • No. 4. [Gentoo pagoda and house], 1787
  • No. 5. [The new court house and Chandpam Ghaut], 1787
  • No. 6. [The Old Fort Ghaut], 1787
  • No. 7. [The new buildings at Chouringhee], 1787
  • No. 8. [Calcutta from the River Hoogly; Gentoo buildings], 1788
  • No. 9. [Old court house and street looking south], 1788
  • No. 10. [Esplanade Row and the Council House], 1788
  • No. 11. [Old Government House], 1788
  • No. 12. [St. John's Church], 1788.

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]


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