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Description: | This is plate 12 from James Wales' 'Bombay Views'. The series was painted for Sir Charles Malet (1752-1815), the British Resident of Poona, who met Wales in Bombay in 1791.
Wales wrote that this image was: "Taken from the Landing-Place of this celebrated Island, exhibiting the colossal statue of the Elephant whence it is named, including the little island of Butcher on the right." The rock-cut temples dating to some 6th century AD on this island are dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva in the form of Mahadeva. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Cribb, R | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Sculpture Coastal Views | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Wales, James (1747-1795) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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