A View in India, 1788

Not on View

Medium

brown wash over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 19.7 x 26.1 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.39

Artists / Makers

William Daniell (artist) British, 1769 - 1837

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left to lower center in graphite (faintly): (first words not deciphered) 15 . 1788; original inscription across bottom verso in brown ink (difficult to read because sheet is backed): (first words not deciphered) Oct. 15. 1788; lower left on mount in graphite: 73; lower left on mount in graphite: 146/32; lower center on mount in graphite: Gunga P[_______] - Oct.15.1788.

Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1975-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor

Exhibition History

1981: The Grand Tour and Beyond: British Travel Narratives of the Continent, the Middle and Far East, Africa and the American Colonies, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, 1981.

Bibliography

1993: NGA O'Neal 1993, cat 98.