Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in IndiaWilliam Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Title:
Main Entrance of the Jami Mosque, Jaunpur
Date:
1797 to 1807
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 32 1/8 inches (56.2 x 81.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower left: "N. 77 Graet Mosque at Jaunpur"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6140
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Associated Places:
Jaunpur
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
On the Paths of Illumination. The Myth of India in Western Culture 1857-2017 (Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, 2017-09-24 - 2018-01-21)Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
Morna O'Neill, Company Culture:, British Artists and the East India Company 1770-1830: October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2003, no. 28, V 1199 (YCBA)Elio Schenini, On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture, 1808-2017, Skira editore, Milano, Italy, p. 89, cat. 39, N7305 .O58 2017 (LC) (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pp. 97-8, no. 80, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)