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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 382

WILLIAM DANIELL | VIEW OF THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER GANGES, NEAR CUR RAH,
DECEMBER 1788
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
WILLIAM DANIELL
1769 - 1837
VIEW OF THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER GANGES, NEAR CURRAH, DECEMBER 1788

Watercolor on paper

Signed 'W Daniell Jan. 7, 1804' lower left

25 ¼ by 37¼ in. (64.1 by 94.6 cm)

Provenance
Reg and Philip Remington, London, 1993

Catalogue Note
The large watercolor picturing a serene riverbank with a group of cows ambling down to the water’s edge in the company of
bathers at a nearby ghat. Sailboats hug the winding riverbank while a fisherman paddles nearby. Beyond a copse of trees behind
the ghat is a winding road leading up to a temple on the bluffs above. The scene is set on the banks of the Ganges near the Fort of
Kara (Currah).

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