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TITLE: Mausoleum of The Ranee, Wife of The Emperor Jehangire, Near Allahabad
ARTIST: Thomas and William Daniell
ENGRAVER: Thomas and William Daniell
PUBLISHER: Thomas and William Daniell,
PLACE: Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, London
YEAR: 1801
MEDIUM: Colour Aquatint
IMAGE SIZE: 45.5 x 60 cm
WITH MOUNT: 66 x 79 cm

Plate 4 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 traveled to India for their unparalled visual record of 18th century India.

This funerary monument was built for Jahangir's wife, known as the Shah Begum. She was a Rajput princess of Amber, and the motherof prince Khusrau. She killed herself in 1605, unable to bear the shame of her son's rebellion. As befitting a Hindu princess, her mausoleum is a three-storeyed trabeate construction without arches, finely decorated by sandstone screens pierced withgeometric

designs (British Library Board)