Samuel Davis, 1760–1819, British, Gate of the Old Fort at Old Benares, ca. 1792
- Title:
- Gate of the Old Fort at Old Benares
- Date:
- ca. 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite on wove paper with pen and brown ink border laid down on heavy wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 21 × 27 3/4 inches (53.3 × 70.5 cm), Sheet: 17 1/4 × 23 11/16 inches (43.8 × 60.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Gate of the Old Fort | in Old Benares - as it stood in 1792 | by S Davis; lower left: "J57"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.279
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | fort | ruins
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9974
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