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Folio Society , 2007 . Hardback. . Landscape format pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine in slipcase with pictorial boards. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale. Fine hardback in Fine slipcase. As new.
Lucnow Taken from the Opposite Bank of the River Goomty de DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William DANIELL (1769-1837)
de DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William DANIELL (1769-1837)
Lucnow Taken from the Opposite Bank of the River Goomty
de DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William DANIELL (1769-1837)
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London: published by Thomas Daniell. Aquatint by and after Thomas & William Daniell, coloured by hand. Image size: 17 3/4 x 23 3/4; Sheet size: 21 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches. A vast panorama of the region around Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, near Nepal In 1775 Nawab Asaf al-Daula moved the capital of Avadh from Faizabad back to Lucknow and during his reign until 1797 transformed the city with many new splendid buildings. His new palace can be seen in the distance in this aquatint, with the old palace of his predecessors on the left. The Mosque with its tall minarets had been built in the late 17th century by the emperor Aurangzeb (1618-1707) the long lived Mughal emperor. The Daniells' Oriental Scenery is considered to be the finest illustrated works on India. Thomas Daniell and his nephew William spent nine years in India making studies, sketches and drawings of the scenery, architecture, and antiquities that graced the countryside. They then devoted a further thirteen years to publishing their remarkably accurate aquatints. In Britain, the impact was explosive. A cult of Indian architecture, landscaping and interior decoration arose, with the Royal Pavilion at Brighton as its centerpiece. The Daniells gave the English public their first accurate look at the exotic sub-continent. Their great achievement still lies in their ability to blend the picturesque with the real, resulting in images that capture the European taste for the sublime landscape, while still remaining faithful to their subjects. The Daniells brought the romance of the English landscape to the antiquities of India and provided England with an accurate vision of this wondrous country. Consisting of one hundred and forty-four views, published in six parts, the work was issued in seven stages: three sets of twenty-four plates titled Oriental Scenery with title dates of 1795, 1797, and 1801; twelve plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1799; twenty-four plates titled Hindoo Excavations dated 1803; twenty-four plates titled Views in Hindoostan dated 1807; and twelve further plates of Antiquities of India published without a title page in 1808. All plates were engraved by the Daniells and all are taken from their drawings save the twenty-four plates of Hindoo Excavations , which are after drawings by James Wales. Abbey Travel II.420 no.88; cf. Lowndes I, p.588; Martinelli/Michell India Yesterday and today ''92 Rayakottai, fort'; cf. RIBA 799-804; cf. Sutton The Daniells (1954) p.156; cf. Tooley 172.
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