Lot Essay
The drawing of Calcutta from the River Hooghly is a preparatory study for the coloured etching with aquatint, plate 8 in Daniell's Views of Calcutta, 1786-88.
Calcutta from the River Hooghly: Gentoo Buildings, 1788
Details
Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840)
Calcutta from the River Hooghly: Gentoo Buildings, 1788
inscribed with colour notes, squared for transfer
pencil, unframed
12 x 20½in. (30.4 x 52.1cm.); and five other Indian drawings by Thomas Daniell including views at Peer Pahar near Monghir, Lucknow Manikpur and Sasaram, and a study of an Indian
Calcutta from the River Hooghly: Gentoo Buildings, 1788
inscribed with colour notes, squared for transfer
pencil, unframed
12 x 20½in. (30.4 x 52.1cm.); and five other Indian drawings by Thomas Daniell including views at Peer Pahar near Monghir, Lucknow Manikpur and Sasaram, and a study of an Indian