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TITLE: THE MAUSOLEUM OF NAWAUB ASSOPH KHAN, RAJEMAHEL
ARTIST: Thomas and William Daniell
ENGRAVER: Thomas and William Daniell
PUBLISHER: Thomas and William Daniell
PLACE: Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, London
YEAR: 1803
MEDIUM: Colour Aquatint
SURFACE: Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 45.5 x 59.5 cm
WITH MOUNT: 65.5 x 78.5 cm

Plate 24 from the 3rd set of Thomas and William Daniels' Oriental Scenery, a six volume work and published from 1795 to 1815 thatdocumented Indian architecture, landscapes and people for a British audience. Between 1786 and 1793, Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) and his nephew William Daniell (1769-1837) shared a celebrated artistic journey around India. The Daniells' are considered the best among all the artists who travelled to India for their unparalled visual record of 18th century India.

Some of their most important work shows buildings which have now vanished forever, even before the age of photography, such as this tomb, which they believed to be that of Nawab Asaf Khan, Jahangir's brother-in-law. Asaf Khan (d. 1641) in fact is buried in Lahore, and it is not now known who lies buried in this now vanished tomb in Rajmahal, the former capitalof the Subahdar or Mughal

Viceroy of Bengal and Bihar. (British Library Board)