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WD4104
- Record Id:
- 032-003268246
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268246
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001257
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420590.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4104
- Title:
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View of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace. Artist(s): Waight, George (b. 1753)
- Scope & Content:
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View of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace.
Inscribed: ‘A view of Madura, from ye Garden House at Tipocolum. Trees too conspicuous’.
Pen and ink and wash; 25 by 47.5cm.
Presented by Mr. N. Hobhouse, 1986.
Note: The drawing was probably made after the taking of Madura by Colonel William Fullarton in 1783. Waight served in the Madras European Infantry and a detachment of the regiment was with Fullarton during the campaign.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268246
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268246
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420590.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1782
- End Date:
- 1784
- Date Range:
- c 1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; wash
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 332
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Waight, George, b 1753
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Hindu Temples
Temples
topographical views
town views - Places:
- Madurai, Tamil Nādu, India