Thomas Daniell RA, View from the ruins of the fort of Currah, on the river Ganges, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 485 mm x 655 mm.
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View from the ruins of the fort of Currah, on the river Ganges, 1801
Thomas Daniell RA (1749 - 1840)
RA Collection: Art
485 mm x 655 mm
Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan Drawn And Engraved By Thomas Daniell, And With Permission Respectfully Dedicated To The Honourable Court Of Directors Of The East India Company. - London: March 1. 1795 (- May 1807.)
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