Hindu temple at Tiruchendur by the sea shore. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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The Hindu temple at Tiruchendur by the sea shore. c.1805. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Tiruchendore Pagoda. Gulph of Ma’ (illegible). Water-colour; 14.5 by 21 ins.
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Water-colour; 24.8 by 38.5 cm in wash borders. Note: These early views of Fort Cornwallis, with stockaded walls, must have been made shortly after Penang was taken on behalf of the East India Company by Captain Francis Light, and renamed...
The Teppakulam tank and mandapam at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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The Teppakulam tank and ‘mandapam’ at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Inscribed: ‘South view of Trichinopoly Tank. E. Trapaud 1785’. Water-colour; 25 by 47 cm with wash borders. Presented by Mr. N. Hobhouse, 1986. Note: The ‘mandapam’ appears damaged in the dra...
View of the British settlement of Tappanooly, on the small island of Punchong Cacheel, Sumatra. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828), circle of
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Inscribed below painting in ink: 'View of the Island of Ponchun Cacheel from the North East'; in pencil (incorrectly identified) as Edward Lear. On verso (incorrectly inscribed): 'Edward Lear Author of Nonsense Verses, etc.'