Title
PART OF THE BLACK TOWN, MADRAS. : NO.VIII. / DRAWN BY THOS DANIELL ; ENGRAVED BY THOS & WM DANIELL.
Creator
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : Published as the Act directs by Thos Daniell, Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, September 1797.
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with hand-colouring ; platemark 48.1 x 65.2 cm, on sheet 53.9 x 72.2 cm.
Description
Flat landscape with stretch of water at right; four Indian men carrying a European in a palanquin along a path at centre; three men approaching on back of an elephant past trees from far left; buildings of Madras in background.
Place
Chennai (India)
Additional information
This set of prints are bound with 10.tab.30.(1). and 10.tab.30.(3). Published in parts. 3 vol. of plates bound into one volume: ORIENTAL SCENERY (1795); ORIENTAL SCENERY (1797); ANTIQUITIES OF INDIA (1799). 3 vol. of descriptive letterpress at 280.e.42. This volume comprises 24 views and one aquatinted title sheet.
Other persons
Daniell, William, 1769-1837, printmaker.
Shelfmark
10 TAB.30.(2).