Twenty-two loose drawings together with a map and three plans. Home accompanied the British army under Cornwallis during the 3rd Mysore War 1791-1792 and drew many of the hill forts, or droogs, captured during the campaign. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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Twenty-two loose drawings together with a map and three plans. Home accompanied the British army under Cornwallis during the 3rd Mysore War 1791-1792 and drew many of the hill forts, or droogs, captured during the campaign. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
Plan of Ootradroog taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble Earl Cornwallis KG etc. etc. etc. December 24 1792.. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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‘Plan of Ootradroog taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble Earl Cornwallis KG etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘December 24 1792.’ Pen and ink and water-colour; 52.8 by 37.2 cm.
Plan of Bangalore (with the Attacks) taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble. Earl Cornwallis KG etc. etc. etc. March 22nd 1791.. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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‘Plan of Bangalore (with the Attacks) taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble. Earl Cornwallis KG etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘March 22nd 1791.’ Pen and ink and water-colour; 70 by 52.2 cm.
Plan of the Position of the Confederate Armies under the direction of Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam from the 5th to the 24th February 1792 when the Cessation of Hostilities took place.... Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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‘Plan of the Position of the Confederate Armies under the direction of Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam from the 5th to the 24th February 1792 when the Cessation of Hostilities took place, including the Position of Tippoo Sultauns Army previous to the Action of the Night of the 6th and the Su...
Map of Kabul. c.1880. Inscribed: ‘Plan of the city of Kabool and its environs’. Pen and ink; 47.2 by 33.6 cm. Presented by Professor J.P. Brenan, 1980.
Sectional drawing of the ridge of Landour showing the site of a proposed convalescent station. The station, for European soldiers, was established in 1827
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Sectional drawing of the ridge of Landour showing the site of a proposed convalescent station. The station, for European soldiers, was established in 1827. c.1827. Inscribed: ‘Section through the ridge from the extreme right, to first building on the left, detailing the intermediate sites cal...
Chart of Macao roads from the shore of Macao Bay showing the islands visible from Reeves’ house. Artist(s): Reeves, John (1774-1856)
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Chart of Macao roads from the shore of Macao Bay showing the islands visible from Reeves’ house. Pen and ink and wash; 15.3 by 60.6 cm. Manuscript notes accompany this drawing.
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.