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THOMAS DANIELL, R.A. (KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES 1749-1840 KENSINGTON)
The entrance of an excavated Hindu cave temple at Mahabalipuram on the Coromandel Coast
oil on canvas
48 x 71 5/8 in. (122 x 179.5 cm.)
inscribed on the reverse 'A View of the Subteraneous / Temple at Mauveleporam / T. Daniell' (upper center, on the lining canvas)
Provenance
(Possibly) The artist; (†) his sale, Christie’s, London, 23 May 1840, lot 79 (£3.5 to Kitrick).
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie’s, London, 18 November 1983, lot 60.
Gifted to the husband of the current owner circa 1995.
Literature
T. Daniell and W. Daniell, Oriental Scenery, V, London, 1799-1800 [1808], pl. II.
T. Sutton, The Daniells: Artists and Travellers, London, 1954, pp. 80-81.
M. Shellim, The Daniells in India and the Waterfall at Papanasam, Calcutta, 1970, p. 72.
M. Shellim, Oil Paintings of India and the East by Thomas Daniell 1749-1840 and William Daniell 1769-1837, London, 1979, p. 51, no. TD34, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1797, no. 22, as ‘Hindoo Antiquities at Mahavalipuram, E. Indies’.
London, Eyre and Hobhouse, Twelve Oil Paintings by Thomas Daniell R.A. (1749-1840), 17 November-4 December 1981, no. 8.