Overflowing of the Tank, at Strupermador, James Hunter, 1804

Plate 24 (twenty-fifth including the frontispiece) from 'picturesque scenery in the kingdom of mysore', based on a picture by james hunter. Scene circa late 1791 – early 1792 depicts a large tank just outside of sriperumbudur, which is today called the chembarambakkam tank. Sriperumbudur, which is roughly thirty kilometres inland from chennai (madras), is best known as the birthplace of the 11th century vaishnava philosopher, ramanuja. Iconographic collections item number: 30025 library names this as overflowing of the tank, at strupermador (sic. ), possible typo. Object Type: print. Date: 1804. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Depicted Place: Chembarambakkam Lake. Collection: British Library. Overflowing Of The Tank, At Struppermador - British Libary X768-3(25)