Set of two prints from "24 Views in Indostan by William Orme"

a) Haraden after Francis Swain Ward
A View in the North Street of Fort St George
1805
Original hand-coloured aquatint on paper
12.75 x 17 in (32.5 x 43.18 cm)

"Plate four from '24 Views in Indostan by William Orme'. This aquatint is based on a picture by Francis Swaine Ward (1736-94) and represents the north street that ran through Fort Saint George, Madras (now known as Chennai), Tamil Nadu. In 1644 the British began building this fort. It served as a key trading post for the British East India Company. The Georgian style buildings represented in this picture were probably constructed between 1750 and 1783, when the fort was rebuilt according to the designs of a mathematician named Bartholomew Robbins". (Souce: British Library Board)

b) Henri Merke after Francis Swain Ward
A View of Part of St Thome Street, Fort St George
1804
Original hand-coloured aquatint on paper
13 x 17.25 in (33.02 x 44.19 cm)

"Plate three from '24 Views in Indostan by William Orme'. THis aquatint is based on an original composition by Francis Swain Ward (1736-94). It shows St. Thome Street, which ran inside Fort Saint George, in the city of Madras (now known as Chennai). The fort was commenced in 1644 and was gradually converted into a formidable masonry structure. In 1694 the original Fort House was demolished to make way for a new one and in 1711 the inner Fort walls and corner bastions were pulled down and Fort Square was created. The buildings inside Fort Saint George are fine examples of British architecture from the 17th and 18th Centuries". (Source: British Library Board)

(Set of two)

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