Description: Print Title: PAGODA OF CHILLAMBARAN Print Specifics: Type of print: A wood engraving illustration from a salvaged travel book (has text on back not related to the illustration) Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1877 Publisher: Boston, E.W. Walker & Co. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Light age toning of paper. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.5 inches (22 x 29 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Narrative: The Pagoda of Chillambaran, one of the most venerated, and reputed to be one of the most ancient temples in southern India. Modern research has, however, been forced to relinquish the date of the sixth century, which was at one time relied on, and the tenth or eleventh century is now believed to be the earliest period to which any part of the building can be attributed. The temple of Parvati was added in the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and the hall of a thousand columns was almost certainly erected between 1595 and 1685. The exterior inclosure is formed by a wall more than thirty feet in height: more than ten feet thick at the base, it is. reduced first at half and then at three quarters of its height, by about twenty inches on each side, so that at the top it is scarcely more than three feet in thickness. Externally it is all of hewn stone, but is said to be brick within. It is more than six thousand feet in circumference, and surrounded by a fine road bordered with cocoanut - trees. The four entrances are only breaks in the wall, and have no ornament. A second wall, less regular and much lower than the first, succeeds. This is partly of brick and partly of hewn stone. The interval between the two walls contains no building, but is filled with beautiful trees whose height serves as a scale by which to estimate the immense buildings within. Notes: Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. eBay seller since 1998. Five-star service.
Price: 11.31 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Print Type: Woodcut & Block
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.5" (22 x 29 cm)
Listed By: Martin2001
Date of Creation: 1877
Features: Not-framed
Subject: Landscape
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
