Live Auction 15785The Collection of Paul F. Walter
Thomas Daniell (British, 1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)
Lot 277

Thomas Daniell (British, 1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)

Jai Singh's Observatory, Delhi

Closed27 September 2017

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Thomas Daniell (British, 1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)
Jai Singh's Observatory, Delhi
pencil and wash on paper
20 ¾ x 44 ½ in. (52.7 x 113 cm.)

Acquired from Spink & Son, Ltd., London, February 1975.

Specialist note

A preparatory sketch for plate 19 in the Daniells’ Oriental Scenery (London, 1808). The Daniells visited the Observatory at Delhi on 24 February 1789. The  monumental astronomical instrument known as the Jantar-Mantar was built around 1724. It was one of a series of observatories built by Maharaja Savai Jai Singh II of Jaipur. Thomas Daniell remarked on the '...singularity as well as the magnitude of such astronomical instruments'.