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

Overflowing of the tank, at strupermadore. Coloured aquatint by h. Merke after j. Hunter. 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 keywords: james hunter; h. Merke. 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: Sriperumbudur. Water tank, Strupermador, India; overflowing of the tank Wellcome V0014529