Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in IndiaAnd William Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Title:
Ruins on Pir Pahar, near Monghy, Bihar
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 7/8 × 22 3/4 inches (47.9 × 57.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, upper left: "B10"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower left: "Elep An"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower center: "View near Monghyr"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower right: "42"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "6"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left; "Hunting House built by Mur Jaffur Nabol y Dinyal | taken Dec 1790; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, lower center: "N. 66 Ruins on Pir Pahar near Monghyr"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "83 | 36"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4409
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Associated Places:
India | Bihar | Munger
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Traces of India (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-10-15 - 2004-01-11)Traces of India (Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2003-05-14 - 2003-09-14)Traces of India (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2004-03-07 - 2004-07-04)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Romita Ray, Under the banyan tree, relocating the picturesque in British India , The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, facing p. 1, pp. 4-5, fig. 1, N8214.5.I5 R39 2013 (YCBA)