Daniell (Thomas) Part of the City of Patna, on the River Ganges, aquatint, 1795.

Daniell (Thomas) Part of the City of Patna, on the River Ganges, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of '1794', platemark 490 x 650 mm (19 1/4 x 25 5/8 in), sheet 515 x 700 mm (20 1/4 x 27 1/2 in), minor surface dirt, a few small spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 21], published by the artist, 1795 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, nos. 21 ⁂ 8 November 1788. 'The large and populous City of Patna is in the province of Bahar. The gauts, or steps leading up from the river, are very numerous here, and are intended for the advantage of merchandise, as well as the convenience of merchandise, as well as the convenience of the Hindoos, whose religious duties oblige them frequently to perform ablutions in the sacred river Ganges' [Archer, op. cit.]