Panorama with the Taj Mahal
1822
19th century
31.9 cm x 52.7 cm (12 9/16 in. x 20 3/4 in.)
William Daniell
(Chertsey (Surrey), 1769 - 1837, London)
Primary
Object Type:
drawing
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Graphite
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Professor Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr., 2000
Accession Number:
2000.79
Interpreting the most famous setting of the subcontinent through the British landscape tradition, the drawing becomes a magnificent emblem of the entire colonial period.