Lot 294
- 294
A collection of forty-two watercolours of the Taj Mahal, India, Agra and Delhi, Company School, circa 1839-41
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- watercolours and drawings on loose papers, in folder
ink, gouache and watercolour with gold on paper, each inscribed in English, some pages watermarked, black ruled borders, later mounted and bound in an album
Catalogue Note
This collection of Company School architectural studies from the first half of the nineteenth-century includes the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan's tomb, Nur Jahan's tomb, Akbar's tomb, Sheikh Salim's tomb and I'timad al-Dawla's Tomb. Other architectural studies of Agra and Delhi have sold through these rooms, 8 May 1997, lots 187 & 189 and 9 October 2013, lot 289. See Pal et al. 1989, no.132 for similar published examples.