Prints from "Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore"
a) James Hunter
A mosque at Strupermador
1804
Colour aquatint on paper
Print size: 11 x 13.3 in (28 x 34 cm)
Sheet size: 16.1 x 19.8 in (41 x 50.5 cm)
Engraved by Henri Merke
Published by Edward Orme, London
Plate twenty-three in 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore' by James Hunter. This aquatint is based on a picture by Hunter depicting a mosque at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. This place is best known as the birthplace of the Vaishnava philosopher, Ramanuja. (Source: British Online Library)
b) James Hunter
South East Angle of Osar
1804
Colour aquatint on paper
Print size: 11 x 13 in (28 x 33.2 cm)
Sheet size: 16.1 x 19.8 in (41 x 50.5 cm)
Engraved by Richard Harraden
Published by Edward Orme, London
Plate thirty-one from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore' by James Hunter (d.1792). This aquatint is based on an original composition 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 benefits 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. (Source: British Online Library)
c) James Hunter
N.W. Angle of Osar
1804
Colour aquatint on paper
Print size: 11 x 13.1 in (28 x 33.5 cm)
Sheet size: 16.1 x 19.8 in (41 x 50.5 cm)
Engraved by Richard Harraden
Published by Edward Orme, London
Plate thirty from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore' by James Hunter (d.1792). This aquatint is based on a picture by Hunter showing the old fort at Hosur, in Tamil Nadu. Hunter served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and his sketches portrayed aspects of military and everyday life. Here we see some sepoys camped in the foreground, and in the background, a large Union Jack flying above the walled town. (Source: British Online Library)
d) James Hunter
The Square and Entrance into Tippoo's Palace, Bangalore
1804
Colour aquatint on paper
Print size: 11 x 13.3 in (28 x 34 cm)
Sheet size: 16.1 x 19.8 in (41 x 50.5 cm)
Engraved by J C Stadler
Published by Edward Orme, London
Plate twelve from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore' by James Hunter. This aquatint is based on an original composition by James Hunter (d.1792) and shows the square in front of the entrance to Tipu Sultan's palace at Bangalore. A group of sepoys are seen standing in front of the palace. Tipu Sultan (1753 -1799) and his father Haidar Ali (c.1722 - 1782) ruled the Kingdon of Mysore in the Eighteenth Century, and waged four wars against the British, known as the Anglo-Mysore Wars, in the late 18th Century. The palace at Bangalore took ten years to build and was used as a summer retreat. An inscription on a wooden screen describes the palace as the 'Abode of Happiness'. (Source: British Online Library)
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