Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot : to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the Army under the Marquis of 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.
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
London : Printed in the year MDCCV, for Edward Orme, His Majesty's printseller, 59 New Bond Street, by J. Nichols, Earl's Court, Soho, [1805]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11938495
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by John William Edy; after Robert H. Colebrook.
Contents:
East view of Bangalore -- The Lake of Mooty Tallaow near Seringapatam -- Prospect of the country near Mooty Tallaow -- Pagodas at Maugry with a distant view of Sewandroog -- N.W. view of Nandydroog -- North view of Sewandroog shewing the attack in Decr 1791 -- South view of Sewandroog --S.W. view of Ootra-Durgum -- West view of Ramgherry -- The mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug -- East view of Seringapatam -- N.W. view of Seringapatam.
Subject Terms:
India -- History -- Mysore War, 1790–1792 -- Pictorial works. | India -- Pictorial works. | Karnataka (India) -- Pictorial works. | Nichols, J., -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1805.
Contributors:
Orme, Edward, 1775–1848, publisher. | Edy, John William, 1760–1820, engraver.
