File:James Hunter - A view from the Royal Artillery encampment, Conjeveram.jpg

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A view from the Royal Artillery encampment Conjeveram
Author
Henri Merke  (fl. 1799–1820)  wikidata:Q25500754
 
Alternative names
H. Merke
Description Swiss engraver
Date of birth/death 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata		 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth Niederweningen
Work period 1799 Edit this at Wikidata–1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q25500754
After James Hunter  (1755–1792)  wikidata:Q25340033
 
Alternative names
James Hunter
Description British military officer and painter
British army officer and artist
Date of birth/death 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vellore
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q25340033
Title
A view from the Royal Artillery encampment Conjeveram
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: Plate number 35, (thirty-sixth including the frontispiece) from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore', based on a picture by James Hunter. Engraved by Merke (confirmed).

Scene circa late 1791 – early 1792.

The gateways in the background of this picture are probably from the Ekambareshvara Temple, the largest in Kanchipuram, which was erected in 1509 by king Krishnadeva Raya of Vijayanagara.
Depicted place Kanchipuram
Date 1805
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium aquatint print coloured
Dimensions height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.75U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,34.5U174728
Source/Photographer https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/58735/India.-Hunter-Lt.-James-Picturesque-Scenery-in-the-Kingdom-of-Mysore-41-hand-colored-aquatint-plates-1804?view=lot_detail&auction_no=1049
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