The Rajarajesvara Temple, Tanjore.. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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The Rajarajesvara Temple, Tanjore. 1801 (?). Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Pagoda at Tanjore. Capt Trapaud 1801 (?)’; on back in ink: ‘Great Pagoda &Bull at Tanjore.’ Water-colour; 11.75 by 18 ins.
A temple at Tanjore. Between 30 January and 2 February 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen-and-ink and wash on proof engraving of a temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu Between 30 January and 2 February 1804. Note: 'Pagoda at Tanjore', plate 10, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 351-68. This image forms plate 10, 'Pagoda at Tanjore', of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena...
The Brihadiswaraswami Temple, Tanjore, September 1874. Artist(s): Lear, Edward (1812-1888)
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The Brihadiswaraswami Temple, Tanjore, September 1874. Inscribed: ‘EL. 1875’. Water-colour; 25.4 by 39.5 cm. Purchased 1994. Provenance: The Hon. Mrs. Bonham Carter. Note: Lear's ‘Indian journal’ entry for 20 September 1874: 'This great pyramid is a wonderfully fine thing and, being old an...