Thomas Daniell (British, 1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)

Jai Singh's Observatory, Delhi

Details

Thomas Daniell (British, 1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)
Jai Singh's Observatory, Delhi
pencil and wash on paper
20 ¾ x 44 ½ in. (52.7 x 113 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Spink & Son, Ltd., London, February 1975.

Lot Essay

A preparatory sketch for plate 19 in the Daniells’ Oriental Scenery (London, 1808). The Daniells visited the Observatory at Delhi on 24 February 1789. The monumental astronomical instrument known as the Jantar-Mantar was built around 1724. It was one of a series of observatories built by Maharaja Savai Jai Singh II of Jaipur. Thomas Daniell remarked on the '...singularity as well as the magnitude of such astronomical instruments'.

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