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The Great Bull And Pagoda At Tanjore - One Of A Set Of Three

Represented work of art
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  • The Great Bull and Pagoda at Tanjore
Material
    DimensionsOverall: 28 x 47.5 cm
    Date made
    • undated
    Work type
      Subject
        Inscription
        • Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Great Bull & pagoda Tangore | length of the Bull 16 [...] I Height 12' 6""; inscribed on back in brown ink, upper left: "9925 Mellon B | [illegible inscription]"; in graphite, upper center: "No 2 (encircled)"; in graphite, upper right: "(3) 18 | 3 original [...] drawing | by William Daniell for | Oriental survey. c. 1798 | Abbey Travel No. 420 | (Part 2, no. 48) | See O. S. Vol II plate XXII | for which this is a sketch"; in brown ink, center left: "[...] Bull & Pagoda Tanjore"; in graphite, center: "Length of the B[...] 16 | 16.2 | Height | 12.6"; in graphite, center right: "0/6 936/16 | 1381"
        Provenance
        • Hamill and Barker, bought October 1958; Paul Mellon (1907–1999); Yale Center for British Art
        Owner accession numbersB1986.29.360
        Photographic source
        Archival context
        Object numberPA-F02893-0073
        Archival context
        ClassificationsArchival Document
        Scope and content This series comprises images of works by artists who were British by birth, foreign artists who worked in Britain or foreign artists who painted British sitters abroad. The works featured date from c.1500 to c.1900. The images in this series form by far the largest part of the Photographic Archive. Images remain in their original order: organised A–Z by artist name. Significant artists, or those for which there is a wealth of material, have multiple folders of images. In these cases, images are further subdivided by genre or type, depending on the artist. They may also be organised in ‘catalogue raisonné order’. The images predominantly depict oil paintings but prints and other works on paper are also included.
        Acquisition information The collection has always been in the possession of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (or its predecessor institution, the Paul Mellon Foundation).
        ArrangementThe archive has been arranged in its original order.
        Conditions governing use The images in the Photographic Archive are derived from a variety of sources, so copyright in the collection is varied. The copyright status of each image is detailed at item level in the catalogue.
        Accruals It is anticipated that new images may be added to the Centre’s Photographic Archive in future. These may be generated via the Centre’s everyday activities (such as the publishing programme). They may also come from external sources (such as donations by scholars or institutions).
        Related material in Collected Archives The Collected Archives at the Paul Mellon Centre – particularly the Ellis Waterhouse, Frank Simpson, Oliver Millar and John Hayes collections – contain significant volumes of images of works by British Artists. The catalogues can be searched online at: http://calmview.co.uk/PaulMellonCentre/CalmView/advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog. Artist Guides are also available at: https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/artist-subject-guides.
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