Daniell (Thomas) Near Currah, on the River Ganges, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 485 x 655 mm (18 7/8 x 24 3/4 in), sheet 530 x 710 mm (20 7/8 x 28 in), slightly trimmed margins, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 22], Robert Bowyer, 1796; together with Chevalpettore, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 490 x 655 mm (18 7/8 x 24 3/4 in), good margins, minor surface dirt and handling creases, slightly rough edges, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 131], published by the artist, 1804 (2)

Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.

Literature:
Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 26 and 119.