EditorialThe Dancer of Tanjore (La bayad?re de Tanjore). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: plate: 30 x 23.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: etching in black on wove paper.
EditorialThe great bull. The great bull, an Hindoo idol at Tanjore. Aaquatint, coloured 1798 British school This Statue of the sacred Bull, a celebrated idol at Tanjore, is formed of a single block of stone, sixteen feet two inches in length, by twelve feet six...
EditorialNorth-east view of the Vighnesvara temple in Tanjore. Drawing. Engraving. Tower. Building. Hindu temple. . North-east view of the Vighnesvara temple, Tanjore. pen-and-ink wash 1803. Source: Add. Or. 756.
EditorialKadgaramon (Son of Ravana), c. 1760. South India, Tanjore, 18th century. Ink, color and gold on paper; overall: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.).
EditorialGreat Pagoda, Great Bull, Front View, Tanjore, India (Rajarajesvara Temple), 1857. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902), Madras Presidency. Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 27.2 x 38 cm (10 11/16 x 14 15/16 in.); paper: 28 x 39....
EditorialA Couple (from the series Costumes and Professions), mid-1800s. South India, Tanjore, 19th century. Ink, color and gold on paper; overall: 24.1 x 19.9 cm (9 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.).
EditorialRaja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the...
EditorialThe Dancer of Tanjore (La bayad?re de Tanjore). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: plate: 29.8 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 44.4 x 29.3 cm (17 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: etching in brown-red with plate tone on wove paper.
EditorialThe Dancer of Tanjore (La bayad?re de Tanjore). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: plate: 30 x 23.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: etching in black on wove paper.
EditorialTanjore, India. Dated: 1884/1885. Dimensions: sheet: 9.7 x 15 cm (3 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: gray and black wash over traces of graphite on card.
EditorialA species of orb-web Spider with young ‘Nephila sp.’ (possibly). Collection of Raja Serfojee of Tanjore. c. 1802. Watercolour. Source: NHD 7, no.1116b.
EditorialRaja Sarabhoji of Tanjore (1777-1832, ruled 1798-1832) riding on horseback in procession followed by his son Sivaji (ruled 1832-53). He is preceded by elephants, musicians and red and gold banners. c.1820. Opaque watercolour on treated linen, varnished...
EditorialA view of the Subrahmanya Temple near the Pagoda, Tanjore. Album of photographs mostly by Samuel Bourne. 1869. Photograph. Source: Photo 11/(11).
EditorialKajentira moksam. Kajentira moksam. Cennai, 1842. A beautiful drawing in black and white (woodblock printing) in the tradition of the painting of Tanjore Maratha style, of the scenery of the rescue of Gajendra, the elephant king; it depicts the beheadi...
EditorialOffering gold to Charles James Fox. 1783. Caricature showing Tulsaji (Raja of Tanjore), Muhammad 'Ali (Nawab of Arcot), Shitab Rai (Naib of Bihar), Chet Singh (Raja of Benares) and Asaf-ud-daula (Nawab of Oudh) offering gold to Charles James Fox who is...
EditorialThe monster gun of Tanjore. A 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 ...
EditorialThe great bull. The great bull, an Hindoo idol at Tanjore. Aaquatint, coloured 1798 British school This Statue of the sacred Bull, a celebrated idol at Tanjore, is formed of a single block of stone, sixteen feet two inches in length, by twelve feet six...
EditorialPagoda at Tanjore. Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia, and Egypt, by Henry Salt; engraved by Havell, Bluck, and Hill. With Descriptions. 1809. Source: Maps.6.Tab.24 no.10.
EditorialFive male types standing in a line. c.1820. Inscribed in ink beneath four of the five figures: 'Sanyassee or religious Mendicant; Goshein; ...; Beggar; Snake Charmer.' All these are copied from faint pencil inscriptions, except that the original middle...
EditorialRaja Sarabhoji of Tanjore. A ruler, probably Raja Sarabhoji of Tanjore (1798-. c. 1850. A ruler, probably Raja Sarabhoji of Tanjore (1798-1832), being entertained. Gouache on mica.Trichinopoly style. Image taken from A ruler, probably Raja Sarabhoji o...
EditorialA species of orb-web Spider with young ‘Nephila sp.’ (possibly). Collection of Raja Serfojee of Tanjore. c. 1802. Watercolour. Source: NHD 7, no.1116b.
EditorialNorth-east view of the Vighnesvara temple in Tanjore. Drawing. Engraving. Tower. Building. Hindu temple. . North-east view of the Vighnesvara temple, Tanjore. pen-and-ink wash 1803. Source: Add. Or. 756.
EditorialThe Rajah of Tanjore. c. 1860. ‘The Rajah of Tanjore’. Water-colour; 27.5 by 21 cm. Image taken from: Indian journal of Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive (1787-1866), illustrated with watercolours, some probably by her governess, Anna Tonelli. Journal...
EditorialTanjore, India. Dated: 1884/1885. Dimensions: sheet: 9.7 x 15 cm (3 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: gray and black wash over traces of graphite on card.
EditorialThe Dancer of Tanjore (La bayad?re de Tanjore). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: plate: 29.8 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 44.4 x 29.3 cm (17 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: etching in brown-red with plate tone on wove paper.
EditorialThe Dancer of Tanjore (La bayad?re de Tanjore). Dated: 1914. Dimensions: plate: 30 x 23.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: etching in black on wove paper.
EditorialTanjore, India. Dated: 1884/1885. Dimensions: sheet: 9.7 x 15 cm (3 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: gray and black wash over traces of graphite on card.
EditorialTanjore: Great Pagoda, Entrance Looking Outwards. Dated: March-April 1858. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to image): 27.2 x 34.7 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.) support: 45.6 x 57.5 cm (17 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: albumen print.
EditorialRaja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the...
EditorialINDIA IN LONDON, 1886: A TANJORE NAUTCH DANCER AND CHILD, WIND UP OF A NAUTCH DANCE; SKETCHES AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE AT PORTLAND HALL, LANGHAM PLACE.