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Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1748-1840)

The Mausoleum of Mucdoom Shah Dowlut, at Moneah, on the River Soane (Abbey Travel 420 no.13; Archer I, pl.12)

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Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1748-1840)
The Mausoleum of Mucdoom Shah Dowlut, at Moneah, on the River Soane (Abbey Travel 420 no.13; Archer I, pl.12)
handcoloured aquatint, published, London 1796, the view printed and mounted on a sheet of thin paper
S. 19¼ x 25 5/8in. (49 x 65cm.)
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Lot Essay

13 November 1788: "The Mosque at Moneah....is one of the highest finished pieces of Architecture we have seen in the Country, built entirely of Stone". It is in fact a mausoleum erected for the Muslim saint, Makhadam Shah Daulat, died in 1608 and who was interred at Maner.

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