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Photo 955(2)
- Record Id:
- 040-003232544
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003232542
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867737.0x000c54
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145093216.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 955(2)
- Title:
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The monster gun of Tanjore. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
- Scope & Content:
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View of the barrel of the massive cannon (length 24 feet 5 inches), with an Indian figure posed beside it to supply scale: 'It has received the name of Rajah Gopala, and as this is a name of Vishnu it may be inferred that it was made by one of the Vaishnava Nayakar kings. It certainly belongs to that period. It is said to have been once fired, on which occasion the inhabitants of the Fort were warned by beat of drum to leave their houses. A trail of powder was laid for two miles and 40 minutes elapsed before the fire reached the gun. The sound, it seems, was as if Mount Meru had exploded...'
Subjects = arms and armour; cannons; printed books; Tripe, 'Photographic views of Tanjore and Trivady' (1858)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003232542
040-003232544 - Is part of:
- Photo 955 : Photographic views in Tanjore and Trivady. By Captain L. Tripe, Government Photographer, Madras Presidency. With descriptive notes, by…
Photo 955(2) : The monster gun of Tanjore. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus - Hierarchy:
- 032-003232542[0002]/040-003232544
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 955
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145093216.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Publications:
- Captain Linnaeus Tripe. Photographer in India and Burma, 1852-1860, by Roger Taylor and Crispin Branfoot (Washington DC, 2014), pl.61
- Exhibitions:
- Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, National Gallery of Washington, Washington, 21 September 2014 - 4 January 2015
Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 February 2015 - 25 May 2015
Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, V & A, London, 23 June 2015 - 11 October 2015 - Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Exhibited: Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, National Gallery of Washington, 21 September 2014 - 4 January 2015
Exhibited: Exhibited: Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 February 2015 - 25 May 2015
Exhibited: Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, V&A, London, 23 June 2015 - 11 October 2015