Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India
Title:
Indian Temple, Said to Be the Mosque of Abo-ul-Nabi, Muttra
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/2 x 56 1/4 inches (108 x 142.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "T. DANIELL | 1827"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.3.28
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
Indian | people | elephants (animals) | genre subject | steps | tower (building division) | cupolas | minarets | mosque | architectural subject | temples | cityscape | temple | huts
Associated Places:
Bharat | Muttra | Asia | India
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
On the Paths of Illumination. The Myth of India in Western Culture 1857-2017 (Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, 2017-09-24 - 2018-01-21)

Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 82-83, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Morna O'Neill, Company Culture:, British Artists and the East India Company 1770-1830: October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2003, no. 35, V 1199 (YCBA)

Elio Schenini, On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture, 1808-2017, Skira editore, Milano, Italy, p. 85, cat. 30, N7305 .O58 2017 (LC) (YCBA)

Stuart Cary Welch, The British view of India, selected English paintings from the Paul Mellon collection , American Federation of Arts, New York, 1978, N8214.5 I5 B75 1978 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
This mosque is similar in appearance to one in Muttra, in the northwest of India, which Daniell recorded in Oriental Scenery (1795-1807). Published by Thomas and his nephew William, the enormous graphic project Oriental Scenery consisted of forty-four aquatints issued as a series for sale. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:186