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Summary

anonymous: Fort Square, From The South Side Of The Parade, Fort St. George. (

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Artist

Joseph C. Staedler (fl.1790-1815)

After Francis Swain Ward (1734–1805)
Alternative names	Capt. Francis Swain Ward; Captain Francis Swain Ward; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Swain Ward
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	1734	1805
Location of birth	London
Authority file	: Q21459987 VIAF: 62149196672274792866 ULAN: 500067210 RKD: 335886

Author

William Orme (1771–1854)
Description	painter
Date of birth/death	1771	1854
Work period	1797 –1819
Authority file	: Q118521864 VIAF: 95802202 ULAN: 500019683 LCCN: nr92031507 RKD: 60954 WorldCat

Title

Fort Square, From The South Side Of The Parade, Fort St. George.

Object type

print

Description

English: Plate five from '24 Views in Indostan by William Orme'. This aquatint by Joseph C. Staedler (fl.1790-1815) is based on a picture by Francis Swaine Ward (1736-94).

This picture shows how the square inside of Fort Saint George must have looked in the late Eighteenth Century. The fort was established in 1644 by the British East India Company, and is today the name of a city district within Chennai (Madras). In 1711 the inner Fort walls and corner bastions were pulled down and Fort Square was created. The Fort was lost to the French under Labourdonnais in 1746, but was restored to the British under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748. After this designs for its remodelling were prepared in 1750 by Bartholomew Robins, a mathematician. It was not completed until 1783.

Item number:

Depicted place

Chennai

Date

1805

Medium

lithograph Aquatint, coloured

Dimensions

height: 32 cm (12.5 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in)

Collection

British Library

	Native name	British Library
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 46″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1 July 1973
	Website	www.bl.uk
	Authority file	: Q23308 VIAF: 121814978 ISNI: 0000000123081542 ULAN: 500301700 LCCN: n81139951 NLA: 36588116 WorldCat

Accession number

X768/2(5)

Place of creation

London

Credit line

British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

Source/Photographer

https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000007682u00005000.html

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