The Taj Mahal
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William Carpenter was trained at the Royal Academy Schools.He was in India from 1850 t0 1856, during which time he travelled extensively from Bombay (Mumbai) and across western India to Rajasthan, Delhi, Kashmir, Lahore and Afghanistan. His depiction of every day street scenes and groups of people is remarkably accurate and animated, his portraits vividly capturing the character of his sitters and the glowing effects of sunlight as cityscapes and architectural monuments. Brilliantly executed in a range of warm colours, his watercolours evoke a gentle romanticism.
After his return to England, The Illustrated London News published some of his watercolours. In 1881, he exhibited 275 of his paintings in a one-man show in the South Kensington Museum, London. This entire collection was subsequently acquired by the V&A.
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Unlike many of Carpenter's carefully painted scenes, this image is in a more relaxed and fluid style. The over-grown trees in the foreground were cut down in 1903 in order to return the garden to its original design.
Museu Vitória e Alberto
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- IS.182-1881
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- Imagem: Museu Vitória e Alberto — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
