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Lot No. 2
CHARLES JOSHUA CHAPLIN
1825-1891

THE PALACE OF THE NAWABS IN LUCKNOW (LAKHNAU)
13.8 x 17.8 in (35 x 45.2 cm)
The city of Lucknow (Lakhnau), situated Graphite on paper
in the north of India, developed to full 1850
bloom only at the beginning of the 18th Signed & Dated: Bottom Left
century. The Mughal dynasty existed until
1856, when the area was annexed by the ` 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 | $ 2,439 - 3,659
British. The present drawing is inspired by
an aquatint by the famous British painter Provenance: Property from a collection based in North India.
and printmaker Thomas Daniell (1749 -
1840) entitled “Palace of Nawaub, Sujah This lot is a registered antique with the Government of India,
Dowla, at Lucknow”. Chaplin added some under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act -1972, under
elements to the original, and the drawing Antiquities and Art Treasures Rule 1973, under section 16 of the
was finally published with some further above act, with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
variants under Freeman’s authorship in
the Magasin pittoresque of 1858. This lot will be offered without a reserve.

Lot No. 1
HORACE VAN RUITH
1839-1923

PORTRAIT OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
26 x 21 in (66 x 53.3 cm)
Mixed media on paper pasted on board
Circa 1890
Signed: Bottom Left

` 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 | $ 2,439 - 3,659

Provenance: Property from a collection based in North India.

This lot is a registered antique with the Government of India, under
the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act -1972, under Antiquities and
Art Treasures Rule 1973, under section 16 of the above act, with the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

This lot will be offered without a reserve.