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 note. H. Merke confirmed on the plate keywords: james hunter; h. Merke. Object Type: print. Date: 1804. Dimensions: height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Depicted Place: Sriperumbudur. Overflowing reservoir at Strupermador, Asia. Coloured aquati Wellcome V0020141