Temples at Madhugiri

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Size:	10.5 x 14.5 inches (framed)
Medium:	Hand-Coloured Engraving
Condition:	Good condition; watermark on top left, brown mark on top right

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A copper engraved plate by J. Fittler, after Robert Home from “Select Views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Home; with historical descriptions.” originally published in London and Madras in 1794. The hand-coloured engraving is titled “View of Maugee Pagodas” and depicts temple goprums in the Madhugiri area in the state of Karnataka. In this extract from the book “Select views in Mysore” this engraving is described as follows:
“MAUGREE PAGODAS.
These Pagodas are situated in latitude 12° 67' 26" south; twenty-four miles west from Bangalore ; about five miles and half, north west by west half west, from Savendroog; and nearly the same distance east from Outradroog. The fort lies a mile and a quarter from them east south east. Lofty, and of elegant structure, they are built on an eminence, commanding a fine prospect of the country around : but they have long been abandoned, and are falling into decay. Within the square which encloses them are several choultries, the walls and ceilings of which are adorned with curious paintings and sculptures. In them are depicted under a variety of allegorical forms the hindu deities; particularly the god Vishnu, whose numerous actions, and several incarnations, are minutely displayed: and these monuments of their worship are still held in veneration by the remaining brahmins, and people of the hindu religion.
The town of Maugree was large and surrounded with villages: and these superb pagodas, the smaller ones in every village, the swamey houses, or hindu temples, on every eminence, even on the pinnacles of the droog, and the numerous large tanks that water the adjoining country, testify it's having been once a rajahship of great note. But war and conquest have altered it's features.”

Robert Home (1752 - 1834) was a painter known for his scenic landscape paintings set in India. Home attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1769, where he trained under neoclassical painter Angelica Kauffmann. Upon her recommendation, Home went on to train and live in Rome from 1773-1779 and then went to India in 1790. He arrived during the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-92), most likely on an official assignment to record the war was between the Kingdom of Mysore, led by ruler Tipu Sultan, and the British East India Company. Over the course of his stay in India, Home established himself as a highly successful portrait artist and worked mainly in Madras, Calcutta and Lucknow. Many of his drawings are part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
James Fittler ARA (1758 – 1835) was an English engraver of portraits and landscapes and an illustrator of books. He was appointed by King George III to be his marine engraver.

The engraving measures 5.5 x 7.25 inches without the frame and 10.5 x 14.5 inches with the frame.

Description

A copper engraved plate by J. Fittler, after Robert Home from “Select Views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Home; with historical descriptions.” originally published in London and Madras in 1794. The hand-coloured engraving is titled “View of Maugee Pagodas” and depicts temple goprums in the Madhugiri area in the state of Karnataka. In this extract from the book “Select views in Mysore” this engraving is described as follows:
“MAUGREE PAGODAS.
These Pagodas are situated in latitude 12° 67' 26" south; twenty-four miles west from Bangalore ; about five miles and half, north west by west half west, from Savendroog; and nearly the same distance east from Outradroog. The fort lies a mile and a quarter from them east south east. Lofty, and of elegant structure, they are built on an eminence, commanding a fine prospect of the country around : but they have long been abandoned, and are falling into decay. Within the square which encloses them are several choultries, the walls and ceilings of which are adorned with curious paintings and sculptures. In them are depicted under a variety of allegorical forms the hindu deities; particularly the god Vishnu, whose numerous actions, and several incarnations, are minutely displayed: and these monuments of their worship are still held in veneration by the remaining brahmins, and people of the hindu religion.
The town of Maugree was large and surrounded with villages: and these superb pagodas, the smaller ones in every village, the swamey houses, or hindu temples, on every eminence, even on the pinnacles of the droog, and the numerous large tanks that water the adjoining country, testify it's having been once a rajahship of great note. But war and conquest have altered it's features.”

Robert Home (1752 - 1834) was a painter known for his scenic landscape paintings set in India. Home attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1769, where he trained under neoclassical painter Angelica Kauffmann. Upon her recommendation, Home went on to train and live in Rome from 1773-1779 and then went to India in 1790. He arrived during the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-92), most likely on an official assignment to record the war was between the Kingdom of Mysore, led by ruler Tipu Sultan, and the British East India Company. Over the course of his stay in India, Home established himself as a highly successful portrait artist and worked mainly in Madras, Calcutta and Lucknow. Many of his drawings are part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
James Fittler ARA (1758 – 1835) was an English engraver of portraits and landscapes and an illustrator of books. He was appointed by King George III to be his marine engraver.

The engraving measures 5.5 x 7.25 inches without the frame and 10.5 x 14.5 inches with the frame.

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Size:	10.5 x 14.5 inches (framed)
Medium:	Hand-Coloured Engraving
Condition:	Good condition; watermark on top left, brown mark on top right

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