A View in India

1788

William Daniell

Artist, British, 1769 - 1837

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1995.52.39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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.

Watermarks

Crown

Wikidata ID

Q64636695

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