HA227: Indian Painting

22 October 2002

Romance and the Raj

 

1a: Niebuhr’s sketch of the Andhakasura Siva Temple at Elephanta, ca.1778

1b: Sonnerat’s picture of the Indian Trinity, 1782

 

2a: A Brahmin making offerings to Hanuman in the temple at Perambur, Madras, colored
      aquatint by T. Medland after Charles Gold,
Oriental Drawings, 1806

2b: HOLD

 

 

3a: Drawing of gopura belonging to the temple of Vilnour (near Pondicherry, Tamil
      Nadu, South India) from Le Gentil’s travels, 1779

3b: Sonnerat picture of temple on Coromandel coast, 1782

 

 

4a: Exterior of the rock-cut temple of Karli, Bombay, colored aquatint by R. Havell
      after Henry Salt; from H. Salt,
Twenty-Four Views, 1809

4b: The Pagoda at Rameswaram, Madras, colored aquatint by J. Bluck after Henry
      Salt; from H. Salt,
Twenty-Four Views, 1809

 

 

5a: Thomas Daniell, Composition: Hindu and Muslim Architecture, 1799

5b: Thomas and William Daniell, Dusasumade Gaut (Dasashvamedha Ghat) at Benaras
      on the Ganges,
aquatint, 1876

 

6a: The Rajah of Cutch with his Vassals, from R.M. Grindlay, Scenery, Costumes and
     Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India
, 1830s

6b: Thomas Daniell, A Zenana Scene, oil on canvas, ca.1894

 

7a: Edward Lear, Jubbulpore scene with boulders and tombs, 27 November, 1873,

       8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

7b: Edward Lear, Elephant river at Lucknow, 8 December 1873

 

8a: Edward Lear, Bathing Ghats at Benaras, 14 December 1873, 2:15 p.m.

8b: Edward Lear, Street with temples and bullock-carts in the native area of Poona,
      10 June, 1874, 4:30 p.m., painted on blue paper

 

9a: Edward Lear, Mosque at Muttra, along the river, 4 March, 1974, 5 p.m.

9b: Edward Lear, The Taj, 1874

 

10a: Hercules Brabazon, The Taj Mahal, Agra, late 19th c.

10b: HOLD