Oriyadrug in the Baramahal Hills

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Thomas Daniell, R.A. (17491840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
Oriyadrug in the Baramahal Hills
inscribed and numbered 'N 67. Ooria Dungum' and further inscribed 'Oory Dungum-/Ooria/May 7 1792' (on the reverse)
pencil and grey wash, watermark Fleur de lys below a crown
15 x 21½in. (38.1 x 54.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

There is no entry in William's journal for 7 May 1792, the date of this sketch, but William mentions arriving at Ooria Durgum on the 6 May and leaving on the 8 May 1792. Of Ooria Durgum he says "Ooria Durgum is considerably higher than either of the above mentioned forts - it was under the care of a serjant of Capt Chases, who provided us with good quarters in the Pettah.'

There is a similar, but tighter sketch of the same subject in the India Office Library, see M. Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, London, 1969, vol. III, p. 589, no. 225.

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