Mausoleum in the Khusrau Bagh, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

  • Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840.
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November 1796
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Mausoleum in the Khusrau Bagh, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This mausoluem appears to have been the source of the design for "A Villa in the Eastern Style" published in 1805 by Robert Lugar. Archer op. cit.

Thomas Daniell had been told that this was the tomb of Parviz, the brother of Prince Khusrau, after whom the Khusrau Bagh is named. That is now [1996] thought unlikely, but its identification is still uncertain. Archer op. cit.

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London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, November 1796.

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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 49.3 x 65.5 cm.

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Mausoleum of Sultan Purveiz, near Allahabad ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell Bears number bottom right : XXII

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.23
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 68

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Wellcome Collection 27660i

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