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The Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.

The entrance to the Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.

Interior of a Hindu temple, Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

Interior of a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

The Great Chaitya Temple (Cave 3) at Kanheri on the island of Salsette. Of the more than 101 Buddhist shrines that were carved into the rocky hill between the second century and the middle of the sixth, it is one of the earliest. At the time of the Daniells' travels, the island was separated from Bombay by numerous inlets of the sea, but it is now [1996] attached to the mainland by roads and railways. Archer op. cit.

Oriental scenery

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 48.2 x 65.1 cm.

Eighteenth Century collections online

Oriental scenery. Twenty-four views in Hindoostan, taken in the years 1789 and 1790; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell, ...

"The main shrine of the temple dedicated to Shiva is situated in the centre of the cave. At the four entrances stand great guardian figures. The square flat-roofed cella, surrounded by a pillared hall allowing circumambulation under cover, was a common form of temple architecture by the seventh century, but this shrine dates from the sixth." Archer op. cit.
The cave, located as it is on an island off the entrance to Bombay harbour, had early been noticed by Europeans coming to India. A sculptured elephant that originally stood at the south end had given the island its name of Elephanta. Archer op. cit.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.8 x 65.2 cm.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 48.1 x 65.1 cm.

Mughal India according to European travel accounts : texts and studies, vol. 5

pages 98-128 : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

The Indian Journal of William Daniell (1789).

John Latham. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniel, 1812, after G. Dance, 1798.

Fakir's Rock on the river Ganges, near Sultanganj, Bihar: south west view. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

Dagon Pagoda, near Rangoon, Burma. Coloured aquatint by William Daniell after James Kershaw, c. 1831.

Richard Brocklesby. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance, 1795.

James Sims. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1802, after G. Dance, 1796.

Nests of an African bird, possibly a weaver-bird, hanging from a branch of a riverside tree. Aquatint, ca. 1807, after W. Daniell.

John Sheldon. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance, 1793.

Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena; written during a residence of five years / By Major-General Alexander Beatson. Illus. with views, engraved by Mr. William Daniell, from the drawings of Samuel Davis, esq.

Thomas Colledge attending a patient at his eye hospital in Macau. Aquatint by W. Daniell, 1834, after G. Chinnery.

John Wall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 15 x 22.8 cm

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

52 unnumbered leaves : plates ; (oblong folio)

Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery / [William Daniell].

Richard Grindall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

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Daniell, William, 1769-1837

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John Wall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery / [William Daniell].

Richard Grindall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

The entrance to the Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.

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Daniell, William, 1769-1837

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John Wall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery / [William Daniell].

Richard Grindall. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance.

The entrance to the Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.

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