Lot Essay
The view focuses on a waterfall between high banks. It served as the basis for an oil painting by Thomas, probably painted in India in 1791 (see Shellim, 1979, TD22).
A hilly Landscape with a Waterfall, near Pateta, Uttar Pradesh
Details
Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
A hilly Landscape with a Waterfall, near Pateta, Uttar Pradesh
inscribed and numbered 'N. 123 (crossed out) - Water Fall near Pateta - 344 ft. Wide -/Near Pateta/No. 13' (on the reverse)
pencil, grey wash, watermark 'PORTAL & BRIDGES'
15 7/8 x 23¾in (44 x 60.3cm)
A hilly Landscape with a Waterfall, near Pateta, Uttar Pradesh
inscribed and numbered 'N. 123 (crossed out) - Water Fall near Pateta - 344 ft. Wide -/Near Pateta/No. 13' (on the reverse)
pencil, grey wash, watermark 'PORTAL & BRIDGES'
15 7/8 x 23¾in (44 x 60.3cm)
Exhibited
Commonwealth Institute, 1960, no.57.
Spink, 1974, no.93.
Spink, 1974, no.93.