Set of 10 key books and catalogues on the Daniells in India

a) Maurice Shellim with a foreword by Mildred Archer, India and the Daniells: Oil Paintings of India and the East by Thomas Daniell Ra 1749-1840 and William Daniell Ra 1769-1837, Italy: Inchcape, 1979

pp. 144 with all 151 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or black and white, hardback with dustjacket, with cloth endpapers
13.5 x 11 in (33.7 x 27.5 cm)

4-page essay by Mildred Archer, 12-page introduction with notes, 28 colour plates, mostly full-page. The remaining in black and white, 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.

b) Maurice Shellim with a foreword by Giles Eyre, India and the Daniells: Additional Oil Paintings of India and The East by Thomas Daniell Ra 1749-1840 And William Daniell Ra 1769-1837, London: Spink, 1988

pp. 40 with 33 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or black and white; softcover
10.5 x 8 in (26.2 x 20 cm)

Rare supplement to the preceding book compiling the works discovered subsequent to its publication. RAREST DANIELLS CATALOGUE

c) Thomas Sutton, The Daniells: Artists and Travelers, London: The Bodley Head, 1954

pp. 200 with plates and maps, including colour frontispiece and colour and black and white 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; original binding with dustjacket which has a Daniell print pasted on it.
10 X 7.5 in (25 x 18.7 cm)

d) Mildred Archer, Artist Adventurers in Eighteenth Century India: Thomas and William Daniell London: Spink & Son, 1974

pp. 38 + 12 plates; softcover
10 x 7.5 in (25 x 18.7 cm)

e) Thomas Daniell in India, London: Hartnoll and Eyre Ltd., Gallery sale catalogue of 1972

pp. 16 listing 50 works with 14 illustrations; stapled blue wrappers
9 x 4.5 in (22.5 x 11.2 cm)

f) Malerische Reise durch Indien 1786-1794 - Aquarelle von Thomas und William Daniell, sowie James Wales und Henry Salt, Rare German gallery catalogue issued 1990, pp. 71

g) India, Ceylon and Penang: The work in aquatint of Thomas and William Daniell, Samuel Daniell, Henry Salt, Robert Smith and James Baillie Fraser, London: Hobhouse, 1985

pp. 24 with 88 works listed, all with black and white thumbnail illustrations; stapled softcover
8.5 x 7 in (21.2 x 17.5 cm)

h) The Daniells in India 1786-1793, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1962

Catalogue of Smithsonian Institution travelling exhibition held in 1962 with 24-page catalogue including cover + 24 black and white illustrations, 6-page Introduction by Mildred Archer, Cover shows portraits of Thomas and William Daniell, the catalogue has detailed descriptions of 50 works of the Daniells; fine stapled softcover
8.5 x 7 in (21.2 x 17.5 cm)

i) Martin Hardie and Muriel Clayton, Thomas Daniell, R. A. (1749-1840), William Daniell, R. A. (1769-1837), London: Walker’s Galleries, 1932

106 pp + 12 plates; softcover with printed white wrappers
8.5 x 5.5 in (21.2 x 13.7 cm)

Special issue of ‘Walker’s Quarterly’ Nos. 35-36, entirely devoted to the life and work of the two artists. Includes ‘W. Daniell’s Journal - A Voyage from Calcutta to Hurdwar 1788’

j) Basil Taylor and Shula Marks, Samuel Daniell: Drawings & Prints, Spink and Son Ltd, Circa 1970s

12-page catalogue of exhibition held in London of the shadowy third kin of the famous Daniells; soft bound
10.2 x 8 in (25.5 x 20 cm)

(Set of ten)

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