COLEBROOKE, LIEUTENANT ROBERT HYDE
TWELVE VIEWS OF PLACES IN THE KINGDOM OF MYSORE
THE COUNTRY OF TIPPOO SULTAN, FROM DRAWINGS TAKEN ON THE SPOT.Year: 1793
Size: 56.3 x 43 cm (22.2 x 17 inches)
Published by Thomson, London.
No. of Illustrations: 12 Illustrations
Drawn on the spot by Lieutenant Robert Hyde Colebrooke. 'Twelve Views in Mysore', Engraved by J. W. Edy hand coloured aquatint.
BINDING: Half leather over marbled boards.
Colebrooke was a soldier in the British Army and had a distinguished career with the Bengal Infantry from 1778 till 1808. He took part in a campaingn against Haider Ali of Mysore. While surveying the routes taken during the marches of the army under Lord Cornwallis in 1791-92, he made drawings of Seringapatam, Bangalore and the local conuntryside. These were published in 1794 under the title 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore'.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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