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ROBERT HYDE COLEBROOK (1762 - 1808)

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TWELVE VIEWS OF PLACES IN THE KINGDOM OF MYSORE, THE COUNTRY OF TIPPOO SULTAN
Dimension: 21 x 28.8 in

R 6,00,000 - R 8,00,000

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From Drawings Taken on the Spot. To Which Are Annexed, Conci(f)e De(f)criptions of the Places drawn, with a brief Detail of Part of the Operations of the Army under the MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, during the late War, And a few other Particulars. BY R. H.COLEBROOK, LIEUTENANT in the Service of the Honourable EAST-INDIA COMPANY, who attended the Army in the Capacity of Surveyor. LONDON: PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1794.
First Edition, 12 original hand-coloured aquatint plates by John William Edy engraved in 1793, with tissue guards (slightly worn out), has list of subscribers published, bound in later saffron-coloured cloth with Indian design, lettered in gilt against red background

Literature Literature

The original publication of the views was announced in 1792 in the Calcutta Gazette. They were published in London in 1794 and thereafter due to its popularity, because of the places connected with Haider Ali & Tipu Sultan, was republished over the years in many editions.

LIST OF PLATES:
1. East View of Bangalore
2. The Lake of Mooty Tallaow near Seringapatam
3. Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow
4. Pagodas of Maugry, with a distant View of Sewan-droog
5. North-West View of Nandy-droog
6. North View of Sewandroog showing the Attack in Dec, 1791
7. South View of Sewandroog
8. South-West View of Ootra-Durgum
9. West View of Ramgherry
10. The Mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug
11. East View of Seringapatam
12. North-West View of Seringapatam

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