Title
THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS ON THE RACE GROUND, NEAR MADRAS. : NO. XI. / 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 1798.
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with hand-colouring ; platemark 48 x 64.8 cm, on sheet 53.8 x 72.2 cm.
Description
View of a colonial building, with staircase, balustraded terrace, arched doorways and windows with shutters, and British flag on flagpole, built on flat grassy area; figures standing near palanquins and carriages in front of the building; two figures following a zebu at centre foreground, leading two goats; figures and zebus seen at left near tents; riders approaching from far right, others watched by a crowd in background at far left; palm tree at right, hills in the distance.
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).