A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it
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A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it. Inscribed: ‘the Action of the 15 of May’. Pencil; 33.4 by 41.6 cm.
The hill-fort of Dindigul, figures seated in the foreground
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The hill-fort of Dindigul, figures seated in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘Dindigul’. Pen and ink with water-colour; 19.5 by 27.9 cm. Note: Captured by Colonel Stuart on 21 August 1790.
A view of a fort flying the Union flag, by a river
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A view of a fort flying the Union-flag, by a river. Inscribed: ‘View from the One Gun Battery’. Pen and ink with wash; 23 by 42.8 cm. Note: Possibly Kunigal fort.
An elevation and plan of the hill-fort of Savandurga, showing the gun-batteries and the storming route of the attack of 21 December 1791
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An elevation and plan of the hill-fort of Savandurga, showing the gun-batteries and the storming route of the attack of 21 December 1791. Inscribed: ‘Severndroog’ together with a detailed account of battery positions and firing lines, and of the storming. Pen and ink with water-colour; 26.2 by...
A caparisoned horse, and syce. Inscribed: ‘A. embroidery the same as the saddle B. Wild bulls tails C. Silver chain. Sepoys coat to be purple with white spots. Breeches white’. Water-colour; 20.3 by 32.2 cm.
