Hindu temples at Bindraban on the river Jumna, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795, after himself.
- Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840.
- Date:
- March 1795
- Reference:
- 27302i
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Humphry Repton used this aquatint in his design of 1806 for an aviary for the Royal Pavilion at Brighton
Brindaban is the sacred city where Krishna spent his childhood. Temples were built beside the river Jumna across which the baby Krishna had been carried at night
Publication/Creation
London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, March 1795.
Physical description
1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.8 x 62.6 cm.
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Hindoo temples at Bindrabund on the river Jumna ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell
Bears number bottom right: II
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.3
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 32
Reference
Wellcome Collection 27302i
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