Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)

A great Boulder and Shrine on a Hill near Madanpur, Bihar

细节

Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
A great Boulder and Shrine on a Hill near Madanpur, Bihar
inscribed 'near Gyah' (upper left), numbered '3' (upper right) and further inscribed 'The Bramin's Rock on a Hill near Muddanpore - Bahar-' (overmounted, along the lower edge of the mount), and inscribed and numbered 'N.2. Bramin Rock on a hill near Maddunpore/Bahar' (on the reverse of the artists' original mount)
pencil, black chalk and watercolour, within a black-lined border, on the artists' original mount, laid down on linen
14½ x 20 7/8in. (36.8 x 53cm.)

展览

Commonwealth Institute, 1960, no.79.
Spink, 1974, no.61.

拍品专文

Madanpur was one of a number of sites near the holy city of Gaya which was visited by the Daniells during their exploration of the region in March 1790. They found a small shrine under a boulder, with a simple pavilion built on top of an adjacent rock: this was typical of the quasi-natural sacred sites of the region (compare the cave at Patharghata, lot 15). Also in Madanpur was a structural temple (which provided the subject for Oriental Scenery, vol.V, no.16), but this had been desecrated by Muslims; the more rural shrine was evidently still active.