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In Oriental Scenery, the aquatint of this view is entitled 'Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad' and was recalled by the Daniells in the following terms:
'Loll Bhaug is the name given to a garden made by Nawaub Sujah al Dowla... This garden is at a considerable distance from the palace, a circumstance not unusual with the opulence of India; places of this description, which may be truly called pleasure gardens, are generally large, intersected by straight paved walks, bordered with shrubs and flowers, and contain a variety of the most delicate fruits; they are embellished with several very elegant pavilions, where the master occasionally seats himself to enjoy his Hookah, singing, dancing, etc. to which may also be added the exercise of swinging, whirling in the Hindola, and various other similar amusements, with which the Indians are much delighted'.
Shuja-ud-Daula, Third Nawab of Oudh, ruled the province between 1754 and 1775 (see lot 151 for a portrait of Shuja-ud-Daula). The Indian historian Faiz-Bakhsh described Faizabad under his reign as a city almost rivalling Delhi. 'As there was no potentate in any country living in such splendid style as he, and as people here saw wealth, rank, and lavish diffusion of money in every street and market, artisans and scholars flocked hither from Dhaka, Bengal, Gujrat, Malwah, Haidarabad, Shahjahanabad, Lahour, Peshawar, Kabul, Kashmir, and Multan. Had the Nawab Wazir but lived for ten or twelve years more, there would have grown up another Shahjahanabad or Delhi.'
Amongst the buildings in the city constructed by the Nawab was the massive Fort Calcutta, built after his defeat by Sir Hector Munro at Buxar in 1764. Following the Nawab's death, his widow the Behar Begum was alleged to have suffered ill treatment by Asaf-ud-Daula, and his British advisers, who hoped that she would reveal the whereabouts of state funds. (Asaf-ud-Daula, Shuja-ud-Daula's son whose portrait may be seen in lot 152, had transferred the capital back to Lucknow). Warren Hastings was indicted for his role in the incident, but was offered condolences by the Begum.
The Daniells visited Faizabad from Lucknow, which lies 78 miles to the west, between July and October 1789.
'Loll Bhaug is the name given to a garden made by Nawaub Sujah al Dowla... This garden is at a considerable distance from the palace, a circumstance not unusual with the opulence of India; places of this description, which may be truly called pleasure gardens, are generally large, intersected by straight paved walks, bordered with shrubs and flowers, and contain a variety of the most delicate fruits; they are embellished with several very elegant pavilions, where the master occasionally seats himself to enjoy his Hookah, singing, dancing, etc. to which may also be added the exercise of swinging, whirling in the Hindola, and various other similar amusements, with which the Indians are much delighted'.
Shuja-ud-Daula, Third Nawab of Oudh, ruled the province between 1754 and 1775 (see lot 151 for a portrait of Shuja-ud-Daula). The Indian historian Faiz-Bakhsh described Faizabad under his reign as a city almost rivalling Delhi. 'As there was no potentate in any country living in such splendid style as he, and as people here saw wealth, rank, and lavish diffusion of money in every street and market, artisans and scholars flocked hither from Dhaka, Bengal, Gujrat, Malwah, Haidarabad, Shahjahanabad, Lahour, Peshawar, Kabul, Kashmir, and Multan. Had the Nawab Wazir but lived for ten or twelve years more, there would have grown up another Shahjahanabad or Delhi.'
Amongst the buildings in the city constructed by the Nawab was the massive Fort Calcutta, built after his defeat by Sir Hector Munro at Buxar in 1764. Following the Nawab's death, his widow the Behar Begum was alleged to have suffered ill treatment by Asaf-ud-Daula, and his British advisers, who hoped that she would reveal the whereabouts of state funds. (Asaf-ud-Daula, Shuja-ud-Daula's son whose portrait may be seen in lot 152, had transferred the capital back to Lucknow). Warren Hastings was indicted for his role in the incident, but was offered condolences by the Begum.
The Daniells visited Faizabad from Lucknow, which lies 78 miles to the west, between July and October 1789.