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South East Angle Of Osar (with Union Flag)
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Francis William Blagdon, 1778-1819 |
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South East Angle Of Osar (with Union Flag) |
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| Description |
English: Plate thirty one from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore'. Based on an original compostion by Hunter. It shows the fortified town of Hosur, which lies to the south east of Bangalore. Today Hosur is a rapidly growing industrial town which beneifts from being close to Bangalore. It held strategic importance to the British during the Mysore Wars waged against Haider Ali Khan (c.1722 - 1782) and his son, Tipu Sultan (1753 -1799), in the late Eighteenth century. Item number: 30031 |
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| Depicted place | Hosur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1804 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | aquatint print coloured | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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X768/3(31) |
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| Place of creation | London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000007683u00031000.html https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=hosur |
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