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Lot 95 Details
A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century 6-7 August 2025
Untitled [Two...
a) Thomas Daniell after James...
View Dimensions b) Thomas Daniell after James WalesN. E. View of KailasaJune 2, 1803Hand-coloured aquatint on paper 18 x 23.5 in (45.5 x 60 cm)
Winning bid $6,897 Rs 6,00,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 71 Details
Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters 24-26 July 2024
Tin-Tali /...
View Dimensions b) Thomas Daniell after James WalesRâmêswara1 June 1803Hand-coloured aquatint on paperPrint Size: 17.7 x 23.7 in (45 x 60.2 cm)Sheet Size: 18.8 x 25.5 in (48 x 65 cm)With Mount: 25.3 x 31.8 in (64.5 x 81 cm)
Winning bid $6,940 Rs 5,76,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 27 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Design Edition 26 April 2022
Das Avatara
Colour aquatint on paper
View Dimensions Without mount: 19 x 25.5 in (48.3 x 64.7 cm)With mount: 25 x 31.5 in (63.5 x 80 cm)"Plate 16 of 'Hindoo Excavations in the Mountain of Ellora near Aurangabad,' engraved by Thomas Daniell after the drawings of his deceased friend James Wales, which Daniell regarded as the sixth set of his 'Oriental Scenery.' This cave was started as a Buddhist monastery, but in the 8th Century was converted into a Hindu sanctuary under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga (c.730-55). It consists of an open court with a free-standing monolithic mandapa in the middle and a two-storeyed hall at the back, the original Buddhist monastery, the walls of which were covered with reliefs illustrating Hindu mythology". (Source: British Library Board)This work will be shipped mountedTHIS LOT IS WITH RESERVENON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $3,732 Rs 2,76,168 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Around 1793 James Wales drew the Ellora rock temples in Maharashtra. His sketches were inherited by Sir Charles Warre Malet after his death in 1795. In 1799 Malet wed Susanna the daughter of Wales. Malet requested that Thomas Daniell engrave the drawings publish them and maybe even provide financial
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