拍品 65

Southern India In the spring of 1792, the Daniells left Calcutta by boat for Madras, and they spent the rest of that year in the south of the subcontinent. The area had been made topical for British audiences by the string of Mysore wars. William Hodges had been prevented from exploring the interior by the outbreak of the second Mysore War in 1780, but the Daniells were more fortunate, since their arrival coincided with the end of the third war. These protracted hostilities between the British and the Sultans of Mysore were not to be fully resolved until the final defeat and death of Tipu Sultan at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799, but the Daniells were able to take advantage of a lull in the fighting as the Governor General, Lord Cornwallis, had arranged a temporary truce, involving the surrender of two of Tipu's sons as hostages. In the first part of their tour, their attention was focused particularly on the hill forts, or drugs, in the country to the south-east of Bangaore, which had been used by Tipu's forces (see lots 65, 66, and 67). Conditions in this region were still very unsettled, with remnants of Tipu's army roaming about, and the Daniells often engaged a sepoy as a guard when they were sketching. They actually encountered some of Tipu's men ransacking the grain stores at Verapadrug and Krishnagiri. (For British history paintings relating to the events of these wars, see Bayly, 1990, pp.34-7 and 152-60). The Daniells also encountered a new kind of architecture in the south, built by its former Hindu rulers (lots 68 and 70), besides the colonial architecture of Madras (lote 69), and the lush scenery and waterfalls of the extreme south (lots 70 and 72).

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

Krishnagiri Fort, Tamil Nadu

細節

Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
Krishnagiri Fort, Tamil Nadu
inscribed and numbered '162.(crossed out) top of Krishnaghirry/taken on the top of Kishsnaghirry/near the magazine' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
14 7/8 x 21in. (37.8 x 53.4cm.)

展覽

Commonwealth Institute, 1960, no.90.
Smithsonian Institution, 1962, no.46.
Spink, 1974, no.71.

拍品專文

See the note on Southern India above.

'13 May 1792: Spent the Day on the top of Kisnagherry in company with Lt Veezy, Lt Price & Lt Frith. L.P. had the command of Kisnagherry during Capt Read's absence - a pretty good road over rude stone steps all the way up - in parts the ascent very steep. From the top a fine View of the surrounding Country - several magasines of Grain on the rock which Tippoos People were selling & taking away' (Journal).