hand coloured acquatint from 'Oriental Scenery I', engraved by Thomas Daniell, published by Robert Bowyer, July 1796, framed, 43 x 60cm (image)

Daniell wrote about this scene: 'The Gate is of red stone and white marble, elegantly ornamented. The Spandrels over the arches are decorated with folliage of various coloured stones inlaid' (Archer 1980, no.27). Evidently, as Mildred Archer suggests, he received some criticism for focusing on the gate, rather than the famous tomb itself. He made up for this by publishing two prints of the tomb in 1801.