Thomas Daniell, R.A.* (1749-1840)

A View near Pathargarh, India

Details

Thomas Daniell, R.A.* (1749-1840)
A View near Pathargarh, India
inscribed on a portion of the original stretcher attached to the reverse 'Puttur Rohilcund'
oil on canvas
29 1/8 x 25in. (73.7 x 63.5cm.)

Provenance

The Madras Lottery sale, Feb. 18, 1793.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, Nov. 19, 1986, lot 103.

Literature

M. Shellim, Oil paintings of India and the East by Thomas Daniell R.A., 1749-1840 and William Daniell R.A., 1769-1837, 1979, p. 41, no. TD17, illustrated.

Lot Essay

Pathargarh is about 5 miles from Najibad in the foothills of the Garhwal mountains. Thomas Daniell and his nephew William stayed there for four days in 1789 on their way north and the present painting was probably painted shortly afterwards.