View from the ruins of Fort Kara (Currah), on the river Ganges

细节

Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) and William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
View from the ruins of Fort Kara (Currah), on the river Ganges
numbered '118' (lower left, in the margin) and with a further indistinct inscription 'View from the Ruins of the Fort ... Currah ... Dec.- 1788/... ... No. 141' (lower centre on the backing sheet) and with a further indistinct inscription (lower right on the backing sheet)
pencil and brown wash, watermark 'Fleur de Lys'
14¾ x 21 in. (37.5 x 53.5 cm.); and a hand-coloured aquatint of the same subject, April 1803 (Abbey 420 no. 97; Archer III pl. 21). (2)

来源

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 25 May 1995, lot 172 (the watercolour only).

展览

London, Commonwealth Insitute, The Daniells in India 1786-1793, 26 August - 25 September 1960, no. 29.
Washington, Smithsonian Insitution, The Daniells in India, November 1962, no. 11.
London, Spink & Son, Artist Adventures in Eighteenth Century India: Thomas and William Daniell, 21 - 29 November 1974, no. 26.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

The present watercolour is a further study for the aquatint also included in this lot and relates to the watercolour lot 3 in this sale. The present sketch was executed on the artists' first trip to Kara. (See lot 10 for details of their travels.)