Title
VIEW TAKEN ON THE ESPLANADE, CALCUTTA. : NO.1. / 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, August 1797.
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with hand-colouring ; platemark 48.3 x 65.1 cm, on sheet 53.7 x 72 cm.
Description
Boats on the River Ganges on the left-hand side; figures standing by the shore; the Esplenade on the right-hand side; buildings set behind grass; a figure by a tent in the foreground on the right.
Place
Kolkata (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).