Tomb of Prince Khusrau, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

  • Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840.
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July 1796
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27626i
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The Khusrau Bagh, or garden, outside Allahabad was originally built by a pupil of the imperial architect Aqa Riza as pleasure resort for Prince Salim, Akbar's son, later the emperor Jahangir (ruled 1605-1627). After some time the Prince made it over to his son Khusrau, but when the latter rebelled against him in 1606 he imprisoned him there. Khusrau was eventually handed over to his stepbrother, later Shah Jahan; in 1622 he was murdered by a hired assassin and his body taken back to the Khusrau Bagh for burial. Archer op. cit.

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London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, July 1796.

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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 49.2 x 65.1 cm.

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Mausoleum of Sultan Chusero, near Allahabad ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell Bears number bottom right : XVII

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.18
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 66

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Wellcome Collection 27626i

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