A Moorish mosque at Bangalore [in fact, the Gangadhareshvara temple at Bangalore, also included in Oriental Scenery V, 18].. Artist(s): Merke, Henri (fl. c.1790-1815), after Hunter, James (d.1792)
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A Moorish mosque at Bangalore [in fact, the Gangadhareshvara temple at Bangalore, also included in ‘Oriental Scenery’ V, 18]. H. Merke aquatinta. 1804.
A view of Mount St. Thomas, near Madras [with an Englishman with his Indian wife and child, a group of Madras Christians, and some officers in a buggy].. Artist(s): Merke, Henri (fl. c.1790-1815), after Hunter, James (d.1792)
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A view of Mount St. Thomas, near Madras. H. Merke aquatinta. 1804. NOTE: In addition to Royal Artillery officers, the view shows an Englishman with his Indian wife and child, and a group of Madras Christians.
A pagoda at Struppermador [the gopuram to the temple with the shrine to Ramanuja, with the artist and colleague in R.A. uniform examining a drawing of it].. Artist(s): Merke, Henri (fl. c.1790-1815), after Hunter, James (d.1792)
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A pagoda at Struppermador [the gopuram to a temple, with the artist and colleague in the uniform of the Royal Artillery examining a drawing of it]. H. Merke aquatinta. 1804. NOTE: Sriperumbudur is famous as the birthplace of the Vaishnava divine Ramanuja, and contains a beautiful shrine to hi...
A mosque at Struppermador [in fact the shrine within the Ramanuja temple. With the same two R.A. officers as 22].. Artist(s): Merke, Henri (fl. c.1790-1815), after Hunter, James (d.1792)
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A mosque at Struppermador [in fact the shrine of the temple.] H. Merke aquatinta. 1804.
N.W. angle of Osar [Union flag flying, with 2 sepoys besdie some tents, one reading a book].. Artist(s): Harraden, Richard Bankes (1778-1862), after Hunter, James (d.1792)
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N.W. angle of Osar [Union flag flying, with 2 Madras sepoys, one reading]. Harraden aquatinta. 1804.