• A view of the late Sir William Rumbold’s House

Creator:

• Captain Richard Barron

Description:

• Hand-colored aquatint From Views in India, Chiefly among the Neelgherry Hills, taken during a short residence on them in 1835, with notes and descriptive illustrations London: Robert Havell, 1837

Curatorial Notes:

• The house that British aristocrat Rumbold built was actually a hotel, located upon the shores of an artificial lake in the Tamil Nadu region of southern India. Though the location is now home to the Ootacamund Club, when this image was printed in 1837, the British had a strong hold over the area, after successfully quelling the Vellore mutiny in 1806. Neither the artificial nature of the lake, nor the history of political unrest, are obvious in Barron’s scenic and calm illustration.

Photography:

• David Kelly Crow

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/5t34sq93j

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical