Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 7/8 inches (30.2 × 47.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in brown ink, center: "Drawing of the celebrated Marble Mausoleum | at Agra | with Lieut. James Charter's best Love to his Cousin Alex Malet. | 1818"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22433
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Associated Places:
India | Agra
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)Romance of the Taj Mahal (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989-12-17 - 1990-03-11)Romance of the Taj Mahal (Toledo Museum of Art, 1990-04-28 - 1990-07-08)Romance of the Taj Mahal (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1990-08-23 - 1990-11-04)
Publications:
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, Inside back cover, no. 24, V2359 (YCBA)