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551. WD1063(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(48)
Title:
The Ashta Dick Palager. Eight celestial personages or Demi-Gods considered to rule & protect the respective regions in which they are placed before.
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawing of square diagram showing the guardian of the eight directions, the Ashta-dikpalas, 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.180...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

552. WD1063(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(18)
Title:
[Shiva standing on the corpse of Yama. Carved into a temple column at Madurai]
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawing of a figure of Shiva standing on the corpse of Yama 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 work...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

553. WD1068(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1068(11)
Title:
View from the S.E. of a Ruinous Temple buried in the Sand North of the Mavellapooram Rock
Scope & Content:
Inscribed: ‘View from the S.E. of a Ruinous Temple buried in the Sand North of the Mavellapooram Rock. Copied by J.S. May. 13th April 1819 from the original by J. Newman 30th July 1816. See J. Howes, 'Illustrating India' (2010), plate 28.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 item

554. WD1063(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(29)
Title:
[Two figures of Vishnu avatars. The first shows Matsya (the fish) and the other shows Kurma (the tortoise)]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

555. WD1063(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(54)
Title:
[Drawing of sculpted stones along the base of th large gopuram on the east side of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai]
Scope & Content:
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/...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

556. WD1068(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1068(19)
Title:
Elevation of the cave to the North of the rock at Mahabalipooram. Facing the west with 3 porches well sculptured on the rock 4th July 1816.’
Scope & Content:
Inscribed: ‘Elevation of the cave to the North of the rock at Mahabalipooram. Facing the west with 3 porches well sculptured on the rock 4th July 1816.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 item

557. WD1068(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1068(30)
Title:
[Lion sculpture next to the five rathas. Drawing of the Lion on the West of the 5 Ruddams opposite to the small Temple of Cali at Mahabalipooram 22nd July 1816].
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawing with measurements of the monolithic lion at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu, by an anonymous artist and from an Album of 37 drawings and plans of the temples and sculptures at Mamallapuram, part of the MacKenzie Collection, c. 1816.Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821) joined the East India ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 item

558. WD1063(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(47)
Title:
The God Shani or the Planet Saturn whose evil spirit is constantly dispensing ill luck & misfortune & hence mounted on a raven.
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawing of the god Shani, 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 s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

559. WD1063(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(55)
Title:
[Drawing of sculpted stones along the base of the large gopuram on the east side of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item

560. WD1063(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1063(6)
Title:
[Columns in the Pudu Mandapam, Madurai carved with a trimurti image and an image of Shiva dancing on an elephant's skin].
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawing of two columns from the Pudu Mandapa at 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1801-1805
Extent:
1 item