Title
RUINS AT THE ANTIENT CITY OF GAUR FORMERLY ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGES. : NO4. / DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY THOS DANIELL.
Creator
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840, artist, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : PUBLISHED AS THE ACT DIRECTS FOR THOS DANIELL BY ROBT BOWYER AT THE HISTORIC GALLERY PALL MALL, MAY 1795.
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with hand-colouring ; platemark 49.3 x 65.2 cm (cut to within platemark along upper edge), on sheet 53.3 x 71.8 cm.
Description
The ruined entrance gate at the city of Gaur; two figures on the city wall; trees and grass throughout the scene; a wild boar in the foreground.
Place
West Bengal (India)
Additional information
This set of prints are bound with 10.tab.30.(2). 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
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Shelfmark
10 TAB.30.(1).