Samuel Davis (1757-1819)

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Samuel Davis (1757-1819)

The Rajah's Villa, Wandecky, on the Hills above Tacissudon in Bootan

signed 'Davis' and numbered '13', and inscribed on the reverse of the mount as title; pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on Whatman paper
10 3/8 x 14 3/8in. (263 x 365mm.)

Provenance

Literature

Iolo A. Williams, Early English Watercolours, Lowndes 1952, pl. 101

Lot Essay

Although this drawing does not appear to have been used by William Daniell for an engraving in Views in Bootan, 1813, the villa depicted in the present drawing appears to be the one in the upper left corner of plate 4

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