Ruins at the Antient City of Gour formerly on the Banks of the River Ganges, Thomas Daniell, May 1795

Ruins at the ancient city of gour, formerly on the banks of the river ganges, west bengal. Coloured aquatint by thomas daniell, 1795. Plate four in the first series of thomas daniell’s (1749–1840) extensive, six volume oriental scenery (1795–1808). Gaur was the capital of bengal under the hindu kings and afterwards under muslim rulers but was abandoned in 1575. Daniell found that the city was almost completely overgrown with jungle and that the ganges which used to run by the city was then several miles distant. The view seems to be of the semi-ruined dakhil gate, on the north of the citadel of gaur. Iconographic collections keywords: thomas daniell ruins at the antient city of gour formerly on the banks of the river ganges, as described on the object. Object Type: print. Date: May 1795. Dimensions: height: 49.3 cm (19.4 in); width: 59.9 cm (23.6 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Ruins in the city of Gaur, West Bengal. Coloured aquatint by Wellcome V0050463