A South Indian Temple

Location

Country: India
City: New Delhi
Place: British High Commission

Robert Home, painter of history, portraits and landscapes, was born in Hull. In 1790, he sailed for Madras, arriving by January 1791. There he painted views of India and portraits of British residents. He accompanied British troops during the 1792 campaign against Tipu Sultan and made coloured aquatints for ‘Select Views in Mysore’ in 1794 and a ‘Description of Seringapatam’ in 1796. In 1795, he moved to Calcutta, where he painted portraits and decorated the new Government House. In 1814, he went to Lucknow, becoming official Historical and Portrait Painter to the Nawabs of Oudh. In addition to painting he supervised the making and decorating of furniture, carriages, boats and howdahs. Home retired to Cawnpore in 1828, where he later died.

Places

India

Subjects

topography, tree, palm, Indian, man, woman, turban, child, pavilion, temple (religious building), wall

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Robert Home (1752 - 1834)

Title

A South Indian Temple

Date

c.1793

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 99.50 cm, width: 146.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Agnew's, February 1951

Provenance

With Leger Galleries, London; from whom purchased by Agnew’s Gallery, London, on 16 March 1940; from whom purchased by 'the Maharajah of Tajore' on 16 March 1940; from whom purchased (via Agnew’s Gallery, London) by the Ministry of Works on 6 February 1951

GAC number

1261