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Thomas Daniell: The Government House, Fort St George, Madras   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Thomas Daniell  (1749–1840)  wikidata:Q708907 s:en:Author:Thomas Daniell
 
Thomas Daniell
Description English painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 19 March 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Chertsey Kensington
Work location
Kolkata, London
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artist QS:P170,Q708907
Author
w:Thomas Daniell and w:William Daniell
Title
The Government House, Fort St George, Madras
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: Plate nine from the second set of Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery'. Madras was the first important settlement of the East India Company and was founded in 1639. Construction began on Fort St George in 1640, but it was later enlarged and a Government House was built inside its fortifications. The colonnade on the right leads down to the Sea Gate. It was the centre of all East India Company business for the Madras Presidency.
Depicted place Chennai
Date March 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium aquatint print coloured
Dimensions height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 73.7 cm (29 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,73.7U174728
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000004322u00009000.html
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