Hindu temple in the fort of Rotasgarh, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

Fakir's Rock on the river Ganges, near Sultanganj, Bihar: south west view. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

India: exterior of the Hindu temple in the Kootub near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

India: interior of the Hindu temple in the Kootub near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Soldiers, camels and elephants gather around a gate to an Indian palace. Lithograph.

Hindu temples at Bindraban on the river Jumna, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795, after himself.

Worship at a Hindu shrine, India. Coloured aquatint by Edward Orme and Joseph Constantine Stadler after Thomas Daniell, 1804.

Interior of a Hindu temple, Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

Interior of a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.8 x 62.6 cm.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.7 x 65 cm.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 48.2 x 65 cm.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.8 x 64.5 cm.

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Hindu architecture

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Images referencing Hindu architecture

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Hindu temples at Bindraban on the river Jumna, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795, after himself.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Soldiers, camels and elephants gather around a gate to an Indian palace. Lithograph.

Fakir's Rock on the river Ganges, near Sultanganj, Bihar: south west view. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Hindu architecture

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hindu architecture

Works from the collections

Hindu temples at Bindraban on the river Jumna, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795, after himself.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Soldiers, camels and elephants gather around a gate to an Indian palace. Lithograph.

Fakir's Rock on the river Ganges, near Sultanganj, Bihar: south west view. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

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