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West view of Ramagiri

Painting
1794 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ritso, John (artist)
Place of origin
Mysore (made)

Watercolour showing water in the foreground and steep rocky outcrops with fortifications behind this.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Painting
TitleWest view of Ramagiri (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on parchment
Brief description
West view of Ramagiri, watercolour by John Ritso, southern India, 1794.
Physical description
Watercolour showing water in the foreground and steep rocky outcrops with fortifications behind this.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
  • Width: 50.5cm
Gallery label
Ritso was an accomplished amateur artist of Polish extraction. He was an officer in the Madras Army and took part in the third Mysore war. This watercolour is after a print by Robert Colebrooke printed in his Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan. The immediate popular appeal and success of these prints probably let Ritso to paint this picturesque image, portraying the rocky outcrops typical of Mysore and the Ramagiri fort.
Credit line
Given by Pauline and Roy Rohatgi
Production
Ramagiri Fort in the former kingdom of Mysore
Place depicted
Ramagiri Fort
Bibliographic references
  • Patel, Divia; Rohatgi, Pauline and Godrej, Pheroza, "Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: an exhibition of paintings and drawings from the 17th to the early 20th century organised by the V&A and CSMVS". Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai and Victoria and Albert Museum, 2008, ISBN:81-901020-8-7 p.44
  • Rohatgi P. and Parlett G., assisted by Imray S. and Godrej P. Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 17th to the early 20th century. Published by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, in association with V&A, London, 2008. ISBN 81-901020-9-5. pp. 197-199
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.169-2007

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Record createdMarch 21, 2009
Record URL
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