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SM P244 photographed unframed November 2014 after conservation. ©Sir John Soane's Museum. Photo: Hugh Kelly.
William Daniell RA (1769 - 1837)
Scene near Delhi - A caparisoned elephant
1832
Oil on millboard
Height: 21.4cm
Width: 29cm
Width: 29cm
Inscription: The only manufactory of genuine Flemish grounds on panel and millboards, patronised by the Royal Academy, and the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, established 1795 by R. Davy. Colourman to artists no. 83, Newman Street, London. Improved oil grounds, on panel and millboards, to any tint or texture, with every requisite for oil painting of the best quality. W. Davy, printer, Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square.
Inscription marks: Printed label
Inscription marks: Printed label
Museum number: P249
On display: North Drawing Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Literature
Soane, Description, 1835, p. 70
Watkin, D., Sir John Soane: Enlightenment thought and the Royal Academy lectures, 1999, pp.271-272
New Description, 2007, p.66
Watkin, D., Sir John Soane: Enlightenment thought and the Royal Academy lectures, 1999, pp.271-272
New Description, 2007, p.66
Exhibition history
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1832
Associated items
P244, pair
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