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William Daniell - Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off - Google Art Project

William Daniell - Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- ...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

KITLV 92072 - Unknown - Parthasarathy temple in Madras, India - Around 1870

KITLV 92072 - Unknown - Parthasarathy temple in Madras, India - Around...

Nederlands: Parthasarathy tempel te Madras in IndiaEnglish: Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane, Madras, India

A European house in Madras - Justinian Gantz, 1834 - BL WD 1264

A European house in Madras - Justinian Gantz, 1834 - BL WD 1264

A European house in Madras A European house in Madras. Inscribed on front in ink: 'Just Gantz. 1834'. Watercolour.

Rabbi Salomon Halevi and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras

Rabbi Salomon Halevi and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras

Rabbi Salomon Halevi (Last Rabbi of Madras) and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras

Central Station, Madras - Tuck Oilette 1911

Central Station, Madras - Tuck Oilette 1911

Central Station, Madras - Tuck Oilette 1911

Central Railway Station - Madras - c. 1925

Central Railway Station - Madras - c. 1925

Central Railway Station - Madras A bridge over a river with a clock tower in the background. A bridge over a river with a clock tower in the background. Public domain postcard scan.

Central Railway Station, Madras 1880

Central Railway Station, Madras 1880

"Photograph of the Central Railway Station at Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, taken by Nicholas & Company in ca.1880. " (Source: listed above)

Vintage postcard of a native barber of Madras

Vintage postcard of a native barber of Madras

Vintage postcard of a native barber of Madras

Салтыков-Мадрас1, Russian Empire

Салтыков-Мадрас1, Russian Empire

Русский: Мадрас Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Салтыков-Мадрас2, Russian Empire

Салтыков-Мадрас2, Russian Empire

Русский: Религиозная процессия в Мадрасе Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Assembly Rooms on the Race Ground, near Madras - British Library P946

The Assembly Rooms on the Race Ground, near Madras - British Library P...

Plate 11 from the second set of Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery'. The Race Ground and the Assembly Rooms were situated south-west of Madras near the old British military cantonment. St Thomas Mou... More

Madras QE3 143
Coorg harvest festival, Madras, Illustrated London News, 1852 (cropped)

Coorg harvest festival, Madras, Illustrated London News, 1852 (cropped...

Coorg Harvest Festival, Madras. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 18 September 1852. Source: ebay, Aug. 2009

A photo from the 1880's

A photo from the 1880's

A photo from the 1880's Source: ebay, Jan. 2010

Rabbi Salomon Halevi and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras (cropped)

Rabbi Salomon Halevi and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras (cropp...

Rabbi Salomon Halevi (Last Rabbi of Madras) and Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras

Christ Church, Salem (1922), by Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras - Vol. III'

Christ Church, Salem (1922), by Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in...

Christ Church, Salem (1922), by Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras - Vol. III'.jpg

Beginning of KGK Group - A black and white photo of a group of people

Beginning of KGK Group - A black and white photo of a group of people

Beginning of KGK Group taken in Madras sometime in 1910-1915. A more than century-old organisation recognised for its strengths in polished stone and diamond jewellery manufacturing.

Vue du fort St George a Madras vers 1790

Vue du fort St George a Madras vers 1790

View of Fort St. George and the Port of Madras in 1790. Français : Vue du fort Saint-George et du port de Madras vers 1790.

Women pounding and cleaning rice in Madras in 1870

Women pounding and cleaning rice in Madras in 1870

Women pounding and cleaning rice in Madras.

Hector Leveillé - Inde - 001-MADRAS- Catamarans

Hector Leveillé - Inde - 001-MADRAS- Catamarans

Français : Photographie réalisée lors de la prêtrise en Inde de Hector Léveillé. Don d'environ 200 plaques photographique par Cormaille de Valbray à Gérard Aubry.

Adyar TG - A black and white photo of a large building

Adyar TG - A black and white photo of a large building

Hauptgebäude der Theosophischen Gesellschaft in Adyar (Chennai) im Jahr 1890

Kurt boeck indien nepal 089

Kurt boeck indien nepal 089

Deutsch: Straßenmagier vor dem Verschwindenlassen eines Mädchens (Madras) English: Street magician going to vanish a girl in a basket (Chennai)

Kurt boeck indien nepal 086

Kurt boeck indien nepal 086

Deutsch: Straßenmagier verwandelt Lederstreifen in Schlange (Madras) English: Street magician transforms a leather strip into a snake (Chennai)

Kurt boeck indien nepal 081

Kurt boeck indien nepal 081

Deutsch: Gerichtsgebäude und Leuchttturm von Madras English: Judicial court and lighthouse of Madras

Opening of the South Indian Railway between Tuticorin and Madura Madras Presidency Natives waiting to see the Prince an engraving, 1876

Opening of the South Indian Railway between Tuticorin and Madura Madra...

"Opening of the South Indian Railway between Tuticorin and Madura, Madras Presidency: Natives waiting to see the Prince," an engraving, 1876* Source: ebay, Nov. 2010

Triplicane Pycrofts Road 1906

Triplicane Pycrofts Road 1906

Pycrofts Road in Triplicane, 1906

The merchant vessel - a sailor boy's voyages around the world (1884) (14593269938)

The merchant vessel - a sailor boy's voyages around the world (1884) (...

Identifier: merchantvesselsa1884nord (find matches) Title: The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 LaPlante, Charles. egr Wyllie... More

The merchant vessel - a sailor boy's voyages around the world (1884) (14593298228)

The merchant vessel - a sailor boy's voyages around the world (1884) (...

Identifier: merchantvesselsa1884nord (find matches) Title: The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 LaPlante, Charles. egr Wyllie... More

The street railway review (1891) (14738467796)

The street railway review (1891) (14738467796)

Identifier: streetrailwayrev04amer (find matches) Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American ... More

Surrender of The City of Madras 1746

Surrender of The City of Madras 1746

Surrender_of_The_City_of_Madras_1746 Public domain photograph of 18th-century French painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Government House in Madras, India," an engraving from 1873

"Government House in Madras, India," an engraving from 1873

"Government House in Madras, India," an engraving from 1873 Source: ebay, Jan. 2006

"Madras Pier, on Screw-Piles, the invention of Mr. Alexander Mitchell," Illustrated London News, 1863

"Madras Pier, on Screw-Piles, the invention of Mr. Alexander Mitchell,...

"Madras Pier, on Screw-Piles, the invention of Mr. Alexander Mitchell," Illustrated London News, 1863 Source: ebay, June 2009

"Madras view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbour," a wood engraving from 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1883

"Madras view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbou...

"Madras: view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbour," a wood engraving from 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1883; *a large scan, with modern hand coloring* Source: ebay, July 2002

"Madras--(lower down the road from the beach) in which Church of Scotland mission premises are. The Agra Bank and ?? of Black Town," a photo c. the 1870's

"Madras--(lower down the road from the beach) in which Church of Scotl...

"Madras--(lower down the road from the beach) in which Church of Scotland mission premises are. The Agra Bank and ?? of Black Town," a photo c. the 1870's Source: ebay, June 2009

"Madras view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbour," a wood engraving from 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1883; *a large scan, with modern hand coloring

"Madras view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbou...

"Madras: view taken from the pier before the construction of the harbour," a wood engraving from 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1883; *a large scan, with modern hand coloring* Source: ebay, July 2002

"Naval hospital, Madras," an aquatint from 1811

"Naval hospital, Madras," an aquatint from 1811

"Naval hospital, Madras," an aquatint from 1811 Source: ebay, Apr. 2009

*"St. George's Cathedral, Madras," a photo, c.1890'

*"St. George's Cathedral, Madras," a photo, c.1890'

*"St. George's Cathedral, Madras," a photo, c.1890's*; also *"Senate House and Canal"*; also *"Chepauk Palace"*; also *"Chepauk Palace, Marina"* Source: ebay, Apr. 2010

*A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras; an aquatint by H. Merke, 1807* (BL)

*A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras; an aquati...

*A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras; an aquatint by H. Merke, 1807* (BL)

A harbor scene by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1870's

A harbor scene by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1870's

A harbor scene by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1870's Source: ebay, Dec. 2007

An overview photo, c.1870's

An overview photo, c.1870's

An overview photo, c.1870's Source: ebay, Jan. 2010

The church in Madras (Volume 2)- being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1904) (14776857364)

The church in Madras (Volume 2)- being the history of the ecclesiastic...

Identifier: 05173482.1469.emory.edu Title: The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeen... More

The church in Madras (Volume 2)- being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1904) (14778778292)

The church in Madras (Volume 2)- being the history of the ecclesiastic...

Identifier: 05173482.1469.emory.edu Title: The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeen... More

"The New Harbour Works at Madras," from The Graphic, 1880

"The New Harbour Works at Madras," from The Graphic, 1880

"The New Harbour Works at Madras," from The Graphic, 1880 Source: ebay, Dec. 2004

"Catamaran race at Madras," from the Illustrated London News, 1868

"Catamaran race at Madras," from the Illustrated London News, 1868

"Catamaran race at Madras," from the Illustrated London News, 1868 Source: ebay, Mar. 2014

"Railway station, Madras," an albumen print, c.1860's-70's

"Railway station, Madras," an albumen print, c.1860's-70's

"Railway station, Madras," an albumen print, c.1860's-70's Source: ebay, May 2008

*"Madras -- Public Buildings," a silver gelatin photo, c.1900*

*"Madras -- Public Buildings," a silver gelatin photo, c.1900*

*"Madras -- Public Buildings," a silver gelatin photo, c.1900* Source: ebay, May 2008

*"Madras Senate House," a photo, c.1880's

*"Madras Senate House," a photo, c.1880's

*"Madras Senate House," a photo, c.1880's*; also *"Madras Post Office"* Source: ebay, Oct. 2010

A depiction of the Madras harbor situation, from an English history book, 1851

A depiction of the Madras harbor situation, from an English history bo...

A depiction of the Madras harbor situation, from an English history book, 1851 Source: ebay, May 2007