Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Havell, Robert, -1832

Title:

Madras [graphic].

Published / Created:

London : Published August 21st, 1821, by J. Hudson, 85, Cheapside, 1821.

Physical Description:

1 print on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint : sheets end-to-end 13 x 285 cm, rolled (in wooden drum) to 13 x 5 cm (scroll format)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DS486.M2 H38 1821 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Abbey attributes this panorama to Robert Havell, Jun.

Panoramic view of Madras from the sea with place names at foot.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 484

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In original wooden drum, the barrel of which is covered in green paper.

Subject Terms:

Madras (India) -- Pictorial works. | Madras (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Coasts -- India -- Pictorial works. | Hudson, J., -- Publisher.

Form/Genre:

Views -- India. | Panoramas -- India -- Madras. | Scrolls -- England -- 19th century. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1821.