- 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:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17795
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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]