Posted on: 20 September 2013

On the Coromandel Coast, South India
by William Havell


Date painted: 1821
Oil on canvas, 69 x 86 cm

Collection: Reading Museum


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Coromandel, just pronounce 'C' as in cycle,'r' as 'L' you will call the right word 'Solamandal, the divn in Chola empire

Can anybody recognise where this is? I thought that the coastline was generally very flat and low lying along the Coromandel Coast. As my knowledge is only gained through studying maps, pictures and Google Earth, and I have never visited the Coromandel, I could very easily be wrong. However the coastline looks far more like that of the Malabar Coast, where the Ghats (which I have seen) rise up behind the coast. This looks very like Tellicherry to me. Regards Nick Balmer

It could be along Vizhagapatanam coast

Vizag it is!

Dolphin's Nose is visible behind the three-master, extreme left

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