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WD1304

Record Id:

040-003288200

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003288181

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0001ad

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100137997266.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD1304

Title:

View of the Fort at Rayakottai, Baramahal Hills. 3 February 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)

Scope & Content:

Wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of the Fort at Rayakottai in the Baramahal Hills, dated 3rd February 1804.

Note: Drawing for 'Riacotta in the Baramahal', plate 12, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 438.

This is the original drawing for 'Riacotta in the Baramahal', Plate 12 of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. Salt visited Rayakottai in Tamil Nadu on his way to the Cauvery Falls. Viscount Valentia (George Annesley) wrote of its importance as a point of communication between Mysore and the Carnatic: "[Governor General] Lord Cornwallis ... had the fortifications strengthened. At present they consist of the hill, whose top is only approachable by a narrow flight of steps, and a fort at the bottom where are very comfortable houses for the officers. The scenery is wild and abrupt, consisting of rocky hills, with woods and jungle between ... the climate is so moderate, that every kind of fruit and vegetable may be reared in a degree of perfection that is unknown on the sultry plains around Madras."

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003288181
040-003288200

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SALT, HENRY (1780-1827) : SALT, HENRY (1780-1827) Artist, traveller and collector of antiquities. Salt went to London in 1797 and became a pupil,…

WD1304 : View of the Fort at Rayakottai, Baramahal Hills. 3 February 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)

Hierarchy:

032-003288181[0019]/040-003288200

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: SALT, HENRY (1780-1827)

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

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Styles:

British school
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Start Date:

1804

End Date:

1804

Date Range:

1804

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