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DANIELL, WILLIAM. 1767-1837; AND THOMAS DANIELL 1749-1840. 12 hand-colored plates from Oriental Scenery, or the Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindostan. London: Thomas Daniell 1795-1808. Folio (image size approximately 425 x 595 mm each). Scenes include Chevalpettore; Shevagurry; Hindoo Temples at Bindrahund on the River Jumna; Ruins at the Ancient City of Gour Formerly on the Banks of the River Ganges; The Rock of Tritchinopoly; Ruins in Rotas Gur, Bahar; Mausoleum of Sultan Chusero, Near Allahabad; Rameswara; Interior of the Temple of Mandeswara; Near Currah on the River Ganges; Dhuah Koonde; and The Mausoleum of Mucdoom Shah Dowlut. All separately framed, matted and glazed. Minor spotting. Not examined out of frame. "The finest illustrated work ever published on India" (Tooley). William Daniell was a member of the Royal Academy, who traveled extensively with his uncle, Thomas Daniell with whom he collaborated on this work. Tooley 172.