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Thomas Daniell: Near Currah, on the river Ganges   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Thomas Daniell  (1749–1840)  wikidata:Q708907 s:en:Author:Thomas Daniell
 
Thomas Daniell
Description English painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 19 March 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Chertsey Kensington
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Kolkata, London
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artist QS:P170,Q708907
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w:Thomas Daniell and w:William Daniell
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Near Currah, on the river Ganges
Description
English: Hindu temple on the river Ganges, near Kara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

Plate 21 from the first set of Thomas Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery.' Travelling on their pinnace along the river Ganges, the artists sketched many views and noticed, 'The banks of the Ganges are here very lofty, steep, and picturesque; but are subject to considerable alterations in the rainy season, as the river then rises to the height of thirty feet.' At that time, before the coming of railways, boats like the one in this view with a big sail were widely used for transport. It was the Daniells' baggage boat, and their palanquins can be seen lashed to the roof. Their own pinnace budgerow is in the distance.

The actual site of the view is Naubasta, below the ancient city of Kara on the Ganges, with a small 18th century temple crowning the bluff.
Date 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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