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The Taje Mahel, at Agra (Abbey 420 no.19; Archer I, pl.18)
hand-coloured aquatint, July 1796 [watermarked '1794'], thick paper mounted on a larger sheet of thinner paper. light surface soiling to the right margin
P.490 x 650mm.
21 January 1789: "Crossed the Jumna abt. 7 o.C. ...visited the inside of the Tage & were much struck with its Magnificent Workmanship". Later, Thomas Daniell was to publish Views of the Taje Mahal at the City of Agra in Hindoostan taken in 1789 and would describe in its introductory leaflet as "the first example of Mahomeddan architecture in India ....beheld with no less wonder by those who have seen the productions of art in various parts of the globe".
hand-coloured aquatint, July 1796 [watermarked '1794'], thick paper mounted on a larger sheet of thinner paper. light surface soiling to the right margin
P.490 x 650mm.
21 January 1789: "Crossed the Jumna abt. 7 o.C. ...visited the inside of the Tage & were much struck with its Magnificent Workmanship". Later, Thomas Daniell was to publish Views of the Taje Mahal at the City of Agra in Hindoostan taken in 1789 and would describe in its introductory leaflet as "the first example of Mahomeddan architecture in India ....beheld with no less wonder by those who have seen the productions of art in various parts of the globe".