Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India
Title:
Ruins of the Naurattan, Sasaram, Bihar
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 9/16 x 53 5/8 inches (97.9 x 136.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "T Daniell | 1811"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.21
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
landscape | peasants | people | Indian | palace | ruins | sheep | tree
Associated Places:
India | Sasaram | Bihar
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)' Art on the Line ' : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836 (The Courtauld Gallery, 2001-10-17 - 2002-01-20)Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Art on the line : the Royal Academy exhibitions at Somerset House, 1780-1836 : [catalogue of works], , The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2001, no. 115, V 0909 (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 80-81, 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. 5, V 1199 (YCBA)Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition Catalogue. 1811. 43d, Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 43, B. McMillan, London, 1811, p.8, no. 78, N5054 A53 v. 2 (YCBA)Elio Schenini, On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture, 1808-2017, Skira editore, Milano, Italy, p. 87, cat. 34, N7305 .O58 2017 (LC) (YCBA)David H. Solkin, Art on the Line : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2001, Foldout No. 81, N5054 A78 2001B (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)Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 150-1, no. 167, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)