Cannoge on the River Ganges (Abbey 420 no.138; Archer IV, pl.12)

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Cannoge on the River Ganges (Abbey 420 no.138; Archer IV, pl.12)
Ruins at Cannouge (Abbey 420 no.83; Archer III, pl.7)

hand-coloured aquatints, January 1804, February 1802 [the first watermarked 'J.Whatman 1809'], thick paper. light surface soiling to margins
P.480 x 650mm. (2)

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May 1789: The ancient site of Kanauj moved Thomas Daniell to write: "It is impossible to look at these miserable remnants of the great city of Cannoge without the most melancholy sensations, and the strongest conviction of the instability of man's proudest works"

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