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Foster 27
- Record Id:
- 040-003287875
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287868
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000068
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 27
- Title:
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South entrance to the Temple of Vishnu, Srirangam, Madras. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
- Scope & Content:
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South entrance to the Temple of Vishnu, Srirangam, 1770-71
Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No.4’; on frame: ‘The South Entrance to the Pagoda at Seringham’
32 by 51 ins (81 by 130 cms)
This is probably the picture to which R. Gough refers in ‘A’ ‘Comparative view of the antient monuments of India’ (London, 1785), v. When discussing temples, he writes, ‘The East India Company have a painting of that of Chiringaham in their committee room; and a good drawing of it by an officer in their service was exhibited in Pall-Mall in 1768. But the East India Company do not engrave antient monuments, and the drawing was the property and work of a private gentleman’.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287868
040-003287875 - Is part of:
- WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) : WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) Madras army c.1760-64. Ensign and Lieutenant; 1773-87. Captain c.1773;…
Foster 27 : South entrance to the Temple of Vishnu, Srirangam, Madras. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287868[0007]/040-003287875
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1771
- Date Range:
- 1770-1771
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Former Internal References:
- F 27
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 78
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ward, Francis Swain, 1736-1794
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Hindu Temples
Temples - Places:
- Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India