- INDIA AND THE DANIELLS - Oil Paintings of India and the East by THOMAS DANIELL RA 1749-1840 and WILLIAM DANIELL RA 1769-1837
By MAURICE SHELLIM / with a foreword by MILDRED ARCHER
Large and beautiful book published by Inchcape in 1979/ Printed in Italy
pp. 144 with all 151 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or b&w
Hardback with cloth end papers
Size: 13.5 x 11 inches
- THE DANIELLS - Artists and Travelers
By Thomas Sutton
A DEFINITIVE AND SCHOLARLY WORK
Published in UK in 1954 and never reprinted
Original binding.
No dustjacket
Quarto/ 10 X 7.5 inches / A very good clean copy
pp. 200 with plates and maps, including colour frontispiece and colour and b&w plates inside, Index, Bibliography and, most importantly, 37-page list of printed and engraved works of the Daniells.
Covers the life and career of Thomas and William Daniell in India and elsewhere and of Samuel Daniell in Ceylon and South Africa.
Of the 10 chapters, 7 are on their Indian career.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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