William Havell
Watercolour of the Taj Mahal at Agra
Epoque c. 1817-1825
Origine Agra, India
Medium Watercolour on paper
Dimension 25 x 37 cm (9⁷/₈ x 14⁵/₈ inches)
William Havell, son of Luke Havell, came from a famous artistic family. He sent his first painting to the Royal Academy in 1804 and was one of the founders of the Society of Painters in Watercolours. In 1816 he was appointed one of the draughtsmen to Earl Amherst of Arracan’s embassy to Peking. However, on account of a conflict aboard the ship, he was forced to leave the ambassador’s service. He travelled to Manila and Penang, and from there overland to Calcutta where he found work painting portraits of British officers and landscapes. After a bout of cholera, he left Bombay for Liverpool. After a short time in England, he moved to Italy, on account of further ill health. In 1855 he returned to England, moving to High Row, now Kensington Church Street where he died on 16 December in 1857.
Stock no.: A5503
Epoque: c. 1817-1825
Origine: Agra, India
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimension: 25 x 37 cm (9⁷/₈ x 14⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: UK private collection, purchased in 1978 from the Squire Gallery, No. 12 Baker Street, London
Exhibited in the Reading Museum and Art Gallery in the William Havell, Bicentenary Exhibition (9 January- 20 February 1982), and published in the William Havell 1782-1857, catalogue no. 86.
Exhibition: Exhibited in the Reading Museum and Art Gallery in the William Havell, Bicentenary Exhibition (9 January- 20 February 1982), and published in the William Havell 1782-1857, catalogue no. 86.
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