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Raje Gaut, The Principal Road Up To Rotas Ghur, Bahar

Thomas and William Daniell

BEAUTIFUL LARGE FOLIO VIEW OF FROM THE DANIELLS’ ORIENTAL SCENERY, 1795

DANIELL, Thomas and William. Raje Gaut, The Principal Road Up To Rotas Ghur, Bahar. [London]: Published as the Act directs by Thos. Daniell, July, 1795. Color-printed aquatint with hand-finishing on wove paper, measuring 21 by 28 inches; handsomely matted and framed, entire piece measures 34 by 28 inches. $4800.

Beautiful large plate from Thomas and William Daniell's celebrated book Oriental Scenery, a color-printed aquatint finished by hand.

The Daniells' Oriental Scenery is considered one of 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 13 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. In February of 1792 during their travels, the Daniells "set out for the great Mughal fort of Rohtasgarh, travelling by the plain which skirted the Son River. On they way they stopped to draw the waterfalls near Tarachandi known as Dhuan Kund… it is clear from the many drawings and engravings of the fort and its surroundings that they delighted in this splendid monument and its high, romantic setting" (Archer, Early Views of India, 103). Consisting of 144 views, published in six parts, the work was issued in seven stages: three sets of 24 plates titled Oriental Scenery with title dates of 1795, 1797, and 1801 (this plate was published in the first part); 12 plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1799; 24 plates titled Hindoo Excavations dated 1803; 24 plates titled Views in Hindoostan dated 1807; and 12 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 24 plates of Hindoo Excavations, which are after drawings by James Wales. See Abbey, Travel 420 (plate no. 6).

Fine condition.

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