Pen and ink drawing of a column carved with a rearing yali from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple at Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the ...
[Drawing of sculpted stones along the base of th large gopuram on the east side of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing of the unfinished Raya Gopura in the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/...
[Drawing of sculpted stones along the base of the large gopuram on the east side of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing of the east gopura in the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai sty...
folio 1. inscribed in ink: Hindoo Antiquities. A Collection of Drawings of Architecture & Sculpture Civil & Religious Shewing the State & Progress of design Fancy & Taste Exemplified in Existing Hindoo Monuments Comprehending a Variety of Specimens some of them, previous to the Ea...
Plan of an Ancient Temple in the Jungle near the ruined place of Coontalnuggur [ ] miles from Anantpoor in Bednore. June 1805. Artist(s): Anonymous.
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folio 3. Plan of the Shiva Temple at Kubtur, near Banavasi (KA).Inscribed: ‘Plan of an Ancient Temple in the Jungle near the ruined place of Coontalnuggur [ ] miles from Anantpoor in Bednore. June 1805.’
Temple at Coontalnagar. The ornaments of the screen enlarged. Artist(s): Anonymous.
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folio 4. Drawings of carved screens and benches in the Shiva Temple at Kubtur, near Banavasi (KA).Inscribed: ‘Temple at Coontalnagar. The ornaments of the screen enlarged. Elevation of the stone window or screen (6feet by 6 feet) See plan. Section across the bench which runs along the porch.’
Ground Plan of the Ancient Temple of Coll Amma at Colar. Artist(s): Anonymous.
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folio 5. Pen-and-ink and watercolour plan of the Kollarama Temple at Kolar in Karnataka. Inscribed: 'Ground Plan of the Ancient Temple of Coll Amma at Colar. 1807.
Elevation of the West End of the Temple of Coll Amma at Colar. Artist(s): Anonymous.
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folio 6. Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of the elevation of the Kollarama Temple at Kolar in Karnataka. This drawing shows the pyramidal superstructure ending in a vaulted roof over the sanctuary and the external pilastered walls with niches.
