THOMAS AND WILLIAM DANIELL (1749-1840 and 1769-1837)

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THOMAS AND WILLIAM DANIELL (1749-1840 and 1769-1837)
A View of a Mosque by Hafiz Ramut, Pillibeat; Verapadroog, in the Barramah'l; The Chalees Satoon, in the Fort of Allahabad, on the River Jumna; Calcutta 1787; Calcutta 1788 (Abbey 420 no.86, Archer III, pl.10; Abbey 420 no.89, Archer III, pl.11; Abbey 420 no.7, Archer I,pl.6)


17 May 1789: "The Mosque to which this gate belongs is a handsome edifice... much in the style of the modern buildings of the same class at Delhi". The builder of the mosque, Hafiz Rahmat Khan had been killed in 1774 after reneging on a pact with the Nawab of Oudh. (5)

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