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THOMAS AND WILLIAM DANIELL IN INDIA: 10 BOOKS


Estimate: Rs 1,80,000-Rs 2,00,000 ( $2,770-$3,080 )


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/ Printedin Italy
pp. 144 with all 151 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or b&w
Hardback with dustjacket, with cloth endpapers / 13.5 x 11 inches
A fine copy
4-page essay by Mildred Archer
12-page introduction with notes
28 colour plates, mostly full-page. The remaining in b&w.
With 15 appendices including the lists of works exhibited by the two Daniells at the Royal Academy and the British Institution, and presented to Victoria Memorial by Bijay Chand Mahtab of Burdwan, George Lyell and Prodyot Coomar Tagore.

INDIA AND THE DANIELLS
Additional 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 GILES EYRE
pp. 40 with 33 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or b&w
Softcover / 10.5 x 8 inches
4-page introduction with notes
4 colour plates on cover. The remaining plates inside the book are in b&w, some full page. With 2 appendices.
Small scotch-tape repair on back cover.
THIS ADDITIONAL VOLUME IS RARE

THE DANIELLS - ARTISTS AND TRAVELLERS
By Thomas Sutton
London: The Bodley Head
1954
Original binding / orange boards with fine dustjacket.br.Size 10 X 7.5 inches
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.
Condition: Ex-library [Pacific Asia Museum Library] with stamps only inside front cover and two edges. Title-page clean and no number or pockets anywhere.

THOMAS DANIELL, R.A. (1749-1840), WILLIAM DANIELL, R.A. (1769-1837)
By Martin Hardie and Muriel Clayton
Complete issue of WALKER'S QUARTERLY Nos. 35-36 published by Walker's Galleries, London
1932
pp. 106 + 12 plates
After a 35-page essay on the Daniells' life and work, the volume has William Daniell's journal of "A Voyage from Calcutta to Hurdwar - 1788" and extract of journal detailing "Journey from Madrasto Madura 1792" followed by lists of their works exhibited at the British Institution and the Royal academy
Softcover
Size 8.5 x 5.5 inches

AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD BY THOMAS, WILLIAM & SAMUEL DANIELL
Edited by KatherinePrior
London: Folio Society
2008
pp. xix, 329 with a large number of colour plates. Heavy emphasis on the Daniells' Indian travels in the 1780s
Contained in a dropover box as issued
Size: 12 x 9.5 inches

INDIA OBSERVED - The P&O Collection of Watercolours of India by Thomas Daniell, R.A. and William Daniell, R. A.
Catalogue of Christie's London auction held on 24 September 1996
pp. 126 with 72 lots, all illustrated and extensively described
Softcover / 10.5 x 8.5inches

THE DANIELLS IN INDIA
Catalogue of Smithsonian Institution travelling exhibition held in 1962
6-page Introduction by MILDRED ARCHER
24-page catalogue including cover + 24 b&w illustrations
Cover shows portraits of ThomasandWilliam Daniell
The catalogue has detailed descriptions of 50 works of the Daniells
Fine stapled softcover
Size 8.5 x 7 inches

ARTIST ADVENTURERS IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INDIA: THOMAS AND WILLIAM DANIELL
38-page catalogue of an exhibition held by Spink & Son in London in November 1974
With 12 full-page b&w plates at the end
8-page Introduction by Mildred Archer printed on blue paper + Bibliography.
118 items described
Softcover/ 10 x 7.5 inches

THOMAS ANDWILLIAM DANIELL - ORIENTAL SCENERY
The famous coloured aquatints, Views in Hindoostan of the Architecture, Landscape & Antiquities, 1795-1808
Catalogue issued in 1977 by Thos. Agnew & Sons, London
pp. 28 including cover
stapled softcover/ 9.5 x 7 inches
Essentially a priced list of 147 of the 160 aquatints issued in 6 vols by the Daniells
No illustrations except for the one on cover
The prices were laughably low back in 1977, being as low as 150 pounds per aquatint!

MALERISCHE REISE DURCH INDIEN 1786-1794 - Aquarelle von Thomas und William Daniell sowie James Wales und Henry Salt
[Picturesque tour through India 1786-1794 - Watercolours by Thomas and William Daniell as well as James Wales and Henry Salt]
By ROLAND STEFFAN
A rare catalogue [Text entirely in German] of an exhibition organized by a German gallery in 1990. Focus on the Daniells only with only passing references to the other 2 artists.
pp. 71 with an Introduction, bibliography, many illustrations with extensive notes
Softcover / 9 x 7 inches

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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