拍品专文
February 1790: "Deo is a small village in the neighborhood of Gya, in the province of Bahar. The temple is dedicated to Seeva, and reported to be of considerable antiquity..." The temple appears to have been built in the 15th century.
March 1790: between Deo and Gaya, the Daniells stopped at Madanpur where they sketched the desecrated temple, with no fear of offending the worshippers.
23 January 1790: In Chainpur, in the Shahabad district, an area from where The East India Company would draw some of its best depoys, Thomas Daniell chose to depict an "Eed-Gah, a place designed for the performance of solemn festivals by the professors of the Mahomedan religion... of open quadrangular form, somewhat resembling the courts before the Musjeds, or Mosques".
March 1790: between Deo and Gaya, the Daniells stopped at Madanpur where they sketched the desecrated temple, with no fear of offending the worshippers.
23 January 1790: In Chainpur, in the Shahabad district, an area from where The East India Company would draw some of its best depoys, Thomas Daniell chose to depict an "Eed-Gah, a place designed for the performance of solemn festivals by the professors of the Mahomedan religion... of open quadrangular form, somewhat resembling the courts before the Musjeds, or Mosques".