Lot Essay
See the note for lot 46.
The view shows a pavilion in a garden that had been laid out by Asaf-ud-daulah in the 1770s, where the Daniells temporarily stayed: '10 July: As Ishe Baug lay at a convenient distance from the Town we took possession of the Bungalow in it' (Journal). Later they recalled the garden as having been:
'laid out with great magnificence and taste. The buildings... are merely garden-houses, constructed of brick and beautifully stuccoed with chunam; they are raised on chaupoutres [chabutra; platforms], with steps to ascend from the garden to the first story... Some of them are surmounted by an elegant square canopy with curtains depending from the four sides. These canopies are supported upon small pointed arches; and here is a delightful retreat from the heat of the noonday sun. The interior of the garden-houses is divided into apartments, which are occupied by the different functionaries to whom the charge of the gardens is committed (The Oriental Annual, 1835, pp.171-2).
The view shows a pavilion in a garden that had been laid out by Asaf-ud-daulah in the 1770s, where the Daniells temporarily stayed: '10 July: As Ishe Baug lay at a convenient distance from the Town we took possession of the Bungalow in it' (Journal). Later they recalled the garden as having been:
'laid out with great magnificence and taste. The buildings... are merely garden-houses, constructed of brick and beautifully stuccoed with chunam; they are raised on chaupoutres [chabutra; platforms], with steps to ascend from the garden to the first story... Some of them are surmounted by an elegant square canopy with curtains depending from the four sides. These canopies are supported upon small pointed arches; and here is a delightful retreat from the heat of the noonday sun. The interior of the garden-houses is divided into apartments, which are occupied by the different functionaries to whom the charge of the gardens is committed (The Oriental Annual, 1835, pp.171-2).