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34 - Daniell (William) and Thomas Daniell View of Varadaraja Perumal Sankagiri, with Sankagiri Fort behind,pencil, watercolour wash, on laid paper with watermark of Strasbourg lily with initials 'GR', inscribed in ink verso '214 [crossed out] Sankry Droog', sheet 430 x 540 mm (16 7/8 x 21 1/4 in), laid onto Whatman wove paper with partial watermark, ruled grey ink borderline, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1791]
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Daniell (William) and Thomas Daniell View of Varadaraja Perumal Sankagiri, with Sankagiri Fort behind,pencil, watercolour wash, on laid paper with watermark of Strasbourg lily with initials 'GR', inscribed in ink verso '214 [crossed out] Sankry Droog', sheet 430 x 540 mm (16 7/8 x 21 1/4 in), laid onto Whatman wove paper with partial watermark, ruled grey ink borderline, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1791] Provenance: Private collection, UK *** 'The Daniells could not fail to be impressed by the vast rocks which appeared unscalable [...] "Rocks of all forms and sizes, tinted as one could wish & grouping with the wild aloe made very rich foregrounds. The clouds now and then broke over the tops of some of the ragged hills which improved them in shape as well as colour."' [Archer, Early Views of India, p.142]
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