Pagoda at Ramisseram
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Material Information

Title:
Pagoda at Ramisseram
Series Title:
Objects of instruction : treasures of SOAS
Creator:
Salt, Henry, 1780-1827
Bluck, John (Printmaker) ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Materials:
Coloured aquatint etching ( medium )
Measurements:
H65 x W42.7 cm in

Notes

Abstract:
Henry Salt (1780-1827) trained as a portrait painter under Joseph Farington and John Hoppner. He was appointed secretary and draughtsman to George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, accompanying him to India, Ethiopia and Egypt from 1802 to 1806. Salt’s drawings were published in 1809, and were used to illustrate Lord Valentia’s Voyages and Travels to India [and] ... Abyssinia (1811). Salt subsequently became British Consul-General in Cairo in 1815, and built up significant collections of Egyptian antiquities, which he sold to the British Museum and the Louvre. -- The Shivite temple of Rameswaram, mostly built between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, is situated on an island off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. A major pilgrimage site, it is closely associated with the Rāmāyaṇa and Rāma’s victorious return with Sītā from Lanka. (Text by Tom Tomlinson, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) ( en )
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Bluck, John (Printmaker) : 50991795
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Salt, Henry, 1780-1827 : 29677784
General Note:
The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
General Note:
Source: A. Contadini (ed.), Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007. Listed as item number: 102
General Note:
From: Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia & Egypt. London, 1809.

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Rights Management:
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