Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.265
Gallery Label:
In the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Simpson planned to make a volume of lithographs of India that he hoped would set him up for life. He set out for the subcontinent to make the drawings for the volume late in 1859. It took three years of work in India and another four years after he returned home to produce the lithographs. Unfortunately the publisher went bust before the volumes were completed, and Simpson saw no financial gain for all his work. The site Simpson chose for this view was Gaitor, five miles from Jaipur, which from 1743 had been the cremation place for the Kachhawaha kings. The small domed structures are chhatris, monuments erected on the site of the cremation. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)