Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in IndiaWilliam Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Title:
An Excavated Temple on the Island of Salsette: The Great Chaitya Temple (Cave 3), Kanheri
Date:
July 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 13/16 × 20 5/16 inches (45.2 × 51.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
watermark: "GR"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2000.6.10
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | religious and mythological subject
Associated Places:
Kanheri Caves
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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. 112, fig. 89, NE2230 .F674 2019 (LC) OversizeHolly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 27, no. 56, V2359 (YCBA)