细节
The Taje Mahel, at Agra
hand-coloured aquatint, July 1796, [watermarked 'J.Whatman'], cut to platemark, light staining to lower margin, small repaired tear to right margin
P.485 x 627mm.
21 January 1789: "Crossed the Jumna abt. 7 o.C. ...visited the inside of the Tage & were much struck with its Magnificent Workmanship". Later, Thomas Daniell was to publish Views of the Taje Mahal at the City of Agra in Hindoostan taken in 1789 which he would describe in its introductory leaflet as "the first example of Mahomeddan architecture in India ...beheld with no less wonder by those who have seen the productions of art in various parts of the globe".
hand-coloured aquatint, July 1796, [watermarked 'J.Whatman'], cut to platemark, light staining to lower margin, small repaired tear to right margin
P.485 x 627mm.
21 January 1789: "Crossed the Jumna abt. 7 o.C. ...visited the inside of the Tage & were much struck with its Magnificent Workmanship". Later, Thomas Daniell was to publish Views of the Taje Mahal at the City of Agra in Hindoostan taken in 1789 which he would describe in its introductory leaflet as "the first example of Mahomeddan architecture in India ...beheld with no less wonder by those who have seen the productions of art in various parts of the globe".