Indian people pray before two statues of a horse and rider and an elaborately decorated statue of an elephant carrying a howdah. Coloured aquatint by T. Medland after C. Gold, 1803.

  • Gold, Charles, Captain.
Date:
6 Oct 1803
Reference:
640684i
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Description

The statues sit on a ledge. To the right is a four-handed statue with elaborate costume and two fangs standing before the entrance to a building. "Manapar": assumed to be Manappārai, in Tamil Nadu, situated 38 km south west of Trichy (Tiruchirappalli).

Publication/Creation

[London] (Pall Mall) : W. & G. Nicol, 6 Oct 1803.

Physical description

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 23.7 x 30.1 cm

Contributors

Lettering

C. Gold delt. Medland sculpt.

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, London 1957, vol. II, pp. 393-393, no. 428.44 (Colossal idols, near the village of Manapar)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 640684i

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