Lot 442
Daniell (Thomas) The Sacred Tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar, aquatint, 1796.
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
Daniell (Thomas) The Sacred Tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar, plate 15 from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of '1794', platemark 480 x 630 mm (18 7/8 x 24 3/4 in), sheet 530 x 700 mm (20 7/8 x 27 1/2 in), minor handling creases and small nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 16], Robert Bowyer, 1796
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
Literature:
Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 15.
⁂ One of the most important pilgrimage sites in India, with the Akshaya Vata or Undying Banyan Tree, where pilgrims make offerings to the spirit of their ancestors. The Daniell's were there in March 1790, with Thomas Daniell noting "Gyah is a place of great antiquity, much resorted to by the Hindoos...[with] fragments of mutilated idols, the work of Mahomeddan intolerance.. still regarded with veneration."
Description
Daniell (Thomas) The Sacred Tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar, plate 15 from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of '1794', platemark 480 x 630 mm (18 7/8 x 24 3/4 in), sheet 530 x 700 mm (20 7/8 x 27 1/2 in), minor handling creases and small nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 16], Robert Bowyer, 1796
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
Literature:
Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 15.
⁂ One of the most important pilgrimage sites in India, with the Akshaya Vata or Undying Banyan Tree, where pilgrims make offerings to the spirit of their ancestors. The Daniell's were there in March 1790, with Thomas Daniell noting "Gyah is a place of great antiquity, much resorted to by the Hindoos...[with] fragments of mutilated idols, the work of Mahomeddan intolerance.. still regarded with veneration."
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