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Description: | Pencil drawing of the ruins at Karauli in Rajasthan by Thomas and William Daniell, dated 26 January 1789. Inscribed on the front in pencil is: 'T. Daniell'; and on the mount: 'Karwoly.'
Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) and his nephew William (1769-1837) travelled throughout India from 1786 to 1794 drawing and painting the landscape views and monuments they witnessed along the way. The Daniells are renowned for their Oriental Scenery, a collection of aquatints of views of India in six parts published between 1795 and 1810. Formerly known as Kalyanpuri, after the local deity Kalyanji, Karauli was the capital of a small princely state in eastern Rajasthan founded in 1348 by Raja Arjun Pol. Strongly fortified, the town is surrounded by a wall of red sandstone strengthened by several bastions and surrounded by a series of ravines. A peripheral wall with six gates provides an extra line of defence, although it is now mostly in ruins. A palace was built at Karauli by Arjun Pol but was superseded by the 18th century structure erected by Raja Gopal Singh in the Delhi style of architecture. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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