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Overflowing of the Tank, at Strupermador
Artist
Henri Merke  (fl. 1799–1820)  wikidata:Q25500754
 
Alternative names
H. Merke
Description Swiss engraver
Date of birth/death 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata		 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth Niederweningen
Work period 1799 Edit this at Wikidata–1820 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q25500754
After James Hunter  (1755–1792)  wikidata:Q25340033
 
Alternative names
James Hunter
Description British military officer and painter
British army officer and artist
Date of birth/death 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vellore
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q25340033
Author
Francis William Blagdon, 1778-1819
Title
Overflowing of the Tank, at Strupermador
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description

Overflowing Of The Tank, At Strupermadore(?). Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after J. Hunter. Plate 24 (twenty-fifth including the frontispiece) from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore', based on a picture by James Hunter. Scene circa late 1791 – early 1792 depicts a large tank just outside of Sriperumbudur, which is today called the Chembarambakkam Tank. Sriperumbudur, which is roughly thirty kilometres inland from Chennai (Madras), is best known as the birthplace of the 11th Century Vaishnava philosopher, Ramanuja.

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Note. H. Merke confirmed on the plate
Keywords: James Hunter; H. Merke
Depicted place Sriperumbudur
Date 1804
date QS:P571,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium aquatint print coloured
Dimensions height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.75U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,34.5U174728
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