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Elevation of the Jagannatha Temple

Drawing
ca. 1820 - ca. 1822 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Puri (drawn)

Elevation of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri.


Object details

Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleElevation of the Jagannatha Temple (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Drawn
Brief description
Architectural; Drawings, Elevation of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri, ca. 1820 - ca. 1822
Physical description
Elevation of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri.
Dimensions
  • Length: 51cm
  • Width: 71.5cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
'Architectural elevation of the Juggernaut Pagoda'. (inscribed on front.)
Credit line
Given by Col R.W. Phipps
Object history
This drawing is from a portfolio of drawings made by Delhi artists working in Calcutta for Colonel Pownell Phipps, father of the donor and Superintendent and Inspector of Public Buildings, Calcutta, 1816-1822.

Given by Col R.W. Phipps. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 192-4465
Subject depicted
Temple
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British Period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 109 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • Barnard, Nick: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p. 1012. no. 9.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.192-1920

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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