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Foster 31
- Record Id:
- 040-003287877
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287868
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00006a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 31
- Title:
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View of Madurai, Madras. The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
- Scope & Content:
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View of Madura, Madras, 1772-73
The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers, the wall of which appears in the immediate foreground. Rising above the ramparts of the town are seen the tops of various buildings, in the centre the palace of Tirumala Nayyak and to the right the ‘gopurams’ of the Great Temple.
Inscribed on frame: ‘A view of the East Face of Madura with the Line of Woods on that side of the Fort’
31 by 50 ins (79 by 127 cms)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287868
040-003287877 - 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 31 : View of Madurai, Madras. The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287868[0009]/040-003287877
- 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:
- 1772
- End Date:
- 1773
- Date Range:
- 1772-1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Former Internal References:
- F 31
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 77
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ward, Francis Swain, 1736-1794
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Hindu Temples
Temples
topographical views
town views - Places:
- Madurai, Tamil Nādu, India