Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. Exterior of an Eed-Gah near Chaynpore, Bahar, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of '1806', platemark 485 x 650 mm (19 1/8 x 25 5/8 in), sheet 540 x 725 mm (21 1/4 x 28 1/2 in), minor handling creases and small nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 66], published by the artist, 1808

Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.

Literature:
Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 78.

⁂ 23rd January 1790. 'A place designed for the performance of solemn festivals by the professors of the Mahomedan religion [and that the] the general forms [of the exterior of the old fort] are uncommon, as well as the embellishments, which nevertheless are extremely rich and not inelegant'. [Archer, op. cit.]