Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India
Title:
The Indian Rhinoceros
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 × 27 inches (81.3 × 68.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2006.14.3
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
rhinoceros | animal art | landscape | oval | boulder | trees
Associated Places:
India | Asia
Currently On View:
On view
Exhibition History:
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
Hermione De Almeida, Indian Renaissance, British romantic art and the prospect of India , Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT, 2005, pp.278, 324, N6766 D36 2005 (YCBA)Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. 1799. 31st, Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1799, p.13, no. 299, N5054 A53 v. 2 (YCBA)Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, pp. 35-36, no. 140, V2359 (YCBA)