[Figure of Subrahmanyam (Kartikkeiyan) riding a peacock. Carved into a temple column at Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing of a figure of Subrahmanyam (Kartikkeiyan) riding a peacock from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, 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 art...
Pen and ink drawing of Sundara Narayana and a detail from the base of the temple column 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 South Indi...
[Vishnu Narayana reclining on Shesha. Temple carving at Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing that depicts Vishnu Anantashayana reclining on the cosmic serpent Ananta, 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/Madu...
[Two figures of Lakshmi. Carved into temple columns at Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing of two figures of Lakshmi from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, 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/Mad...
Pen and ink drawing of Gajalakshmi, from 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...
[Two figures of Vishnu avatars. The first shows Matsya (the fish) and the other shows Kurma (the tortoise)]
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Pen and ink drawing of Matsya and Kurma, the fish and tortoise incarnations of Vishnu, 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...
[Vishnu as Varaha (the boar) and as Narasimha (the Man-Lion)]
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Pen and ink drawing of Varaha (the boar) and as Narasimha (the Man-Lion), 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 style, c. 1801-1...
Pen and ink drawings of Vamana and Rama, 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 style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture is inscribed wi...
Pen and ink drawings depicting Parasurama and Balarama, 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 style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture ...
Pen and ink drawing of Vishnu as Krishna and Kalkin, 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 style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture is ...
