View of the Palace of Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Details

Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
View of the Palace of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
inscribed and numbered 'N.77. Part of the Palace of Madura' (on the reverse)
pencil and grey wash, watermark Fleur de lys below a crown
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Hartnoll and Eyre, London.

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Lot Essay

William Daniell's journal ends at the beginning of July 1792 when he and his Uncle reached Madurai. The palace, built by Tirumala Nayak in about 1636, was more ruined then than it is today, as Lord Napier when Governor of Madras, commissioned the architect Robert F. Chisholm to carry out extensive restoration.

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