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)