Eastern gate of the Jami Masjid at Delhi, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

  • Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840.
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March 1795
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27248i
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Eastern gate of the Jami Masjid at Delhi, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Another print in this series, number 23, is a frontal view of the Jami Masjid

The Jami Masjid was built by Shah Jahan in 1650-1656. It has three gateways and is the largest mosque in India

Publication/Creation

London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, March 1795.

Physical description

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.6 x 62.5 cm.

Lettering

Eastern gate of the Jummah Musjid at Delhi ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell Bears number bottom right : I

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.1
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 36

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Wellcome Collection 27248i

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