Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan; from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Home; with historical descriptions.
Published / Created:
London, Bowyer, 1794.
Physical Description:
2 p.., [v]-vii p., 1 leaf, 48 p. 29 plates, fold. map, 3 fold plans. 35 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DS485 M85 H7+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by Lowry, Morris, Fittler, Hawksworth, Reading, Skelton, and Byrne. Map engraved by J. Lodge, junr., after M. Armstrong; plans engraved by J. Cooke.Plates published by R. Bowyer, London, and W. Sharp, Madras."The letter-press by T. Bensley, from Figgin's types."Added t.-p. and 12 extra leaves of descriptive text, in Persian.
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Subject Terms:
Karnataka (India) -- Pictorial works. | India -- History -- Mysore War, 1790–1792.
