The Assembly Rooms on the Race Ground, near Madras, William Daniell, November 1798

Plate 11 from the second set of thomas and william daniell's 'oriental scenery'. The race ground and the assembly rooms were situated south-west of madras near the old british military cantonment. St thomas mount, which can be seen in the background, was a favourite place of the british to go to take the air in the evenings. The mount is traditionally the place of st thomas martyrdom and is crowned by a portuguese church built in 1547. Object Type: print. Date: November 1798. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 73.7 cm (29 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Depicted Place: Chennai. Collection: British Library. The Assembly Rooms on the Race Ground, near Madras - British Library P946