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WD217
- Record Id:
- 040-003288468
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0002b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143416891.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD217
- Title:
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The army of Lord Comwallis, encamped near Bangalore (Mysore). 29 April 1792. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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The army of Lord Cornwallis, encamped near Bangalore. 29 April 1792.
Inscribed on front in pencil; ‘The Encampment of Ld. Cornwallis at 5 miles E of Bangalore on 29’ ‘Apl 1792. Composed of abt 40,000, extent 4 miles long’; on back in ink: ‘228. Grand Army near Bangalore’; in pencil: ‘No. 20.’
Pencil; 15 by 21.5 ins.
Purchased 8 June 1953.
Note: Peace had been made by the British with Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, in March 1792 and the British army was now in occupation of Bangalore. The Daniells encountered a detachment of the troops with guns and wounded.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288351
040-003288468 - Is part of:
- DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) : DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters…
WD217 : The army of Lord Comwallis, encamped near Bangalore (Mysore). 29 April 1792. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288351[0117]/040-003288468
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143416891.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1792
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 588
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)