Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs - I
Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs - I
JAMES HUNTER (1755 - 1792)
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Three views (a) A PAGODA AT STRUPERMADOR, (b) A VIEW FROM THE ROYAL ARTILLERY ENCAMPMENT, CONJEVERAM; (c) A VIEW OF OUSCOTTAH, FROM AN EADGAH, by Leut James Hunter Del, Picturesque scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore, from forty drawings taken on the spot. Colored Aquatints by Joseph Stadler, H.Merke,and J.B.Harraden after James Hunter. Sold & Published Jan 1, 1805 by Edward Orme His Majesty’s Printseller, 59 New Bend St London mounted glazed and framed.
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James Hunter (died 1792) A Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who also served under Lord Cornwallis Governer General of India in 1791–92. Hunter travelled extensively and sketched several views in the Kingdom of Mysore during the famous Mysore war and forty of his sketches were reproduced using the Technique of Aquatint etching on Copper plates. These were published in 1804 in London under the title of “Picturesque scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore” by Edward Orne 59 New Bond Street London.