H.S. Elton (fl. 1900-1920)

Bijapur: The Gol Gumbaz; and figures beside the Malik-i-Maidan Canon

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H.S. Elton (fl. 1900-1920)
Bijapur: The Gol Gumbaz; and figures beside the Malik-i-Maidan Canon
signed with initials 'H.S.E.', (lower left), and inscribed
'Beejapore/Gool Gumbuz' (lower right) and further inscribed 'The Jool Gumbuz at Beejapore, Deccan/Tomb of King "Yusaf Adil Shah"/Beejapore, Deccan 1490 to 1686./Beejapore was then taken by Ariangzeeb and
ceased/to be an independant Kingdom. said to be one of the largest domes in the work HS Elton' (on the reverse) and the latter inscribed, signed with initials and dated 'H.S.E. 1911' (lower left),
'Beejapore/Decca' (lower right) and further inscribed '"Malik oul Maidan" Lord of the place/The big gun at Beejapore (Deccau)/Muzzle 2'/4" inside/HS Elton April 1911 from a sketch' (on the reverse)

pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, unframed
11 7/8 x 18¼ (30.2 x 46.3cm.); and 12 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. (31.4 x 45.4 cm.); and two watercolours of the Rhaman Droog hills and Danogee tank near Bellary, and the Tailee hund Tank, Raipore, by the same hand (4)

拍品專文

Bijapur, Karnataka is on the Deccan plateau and is known as the Agra of the South, full of fine examples of Muslim architecure from the 15th to the 17th Centuries. The dominating feature of the landscape is the world famous Gol Gumbaz. Built in 1659 as the Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah (1626-1656) and various members of his family, the building has the world's second largest dome after St. Peter's, Rome. Malik-i-Maidan means 'Monarch of the Plains'; cast in 1549 it is one of the largest medieval guns ever made. It sat on the ramparts of Bijapur