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Thomas Daniell: The Western Entrance of Shere Sha's Fort   (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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Title
The Western Entrance of Shere Sha's Fort
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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Fort of Sher Shah Sur, Delhi. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
Plate 13 from the first set of Thomas Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery.' The Old Fort or Purana Qila was built by the Afghan ruler Sher Shah after he ascended to the throne in Delhi in 1540. It was raised on the site of the remains of the legendary city of Indraprastha, home of the Pandava heros of the Mahahbharata epic. The western gate along the big ramparts is two-storeyed and is constructed of red and yellow sandstone and white marble and surmounted by small chhatris or kiosks. The remains of a moat which connected with the Jumna river on one side of the Fort are visible in the print.

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Keywords: Thomas Daniell; oriental scenery
Date March 1796
date QS:P571,+1796-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium aquatint print coloured
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