‘The Mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug’, 1791 (c)
aquatint, print
Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-502-10

Description

One of twelve coloured aquatints engraved by John William Edy, from drawings by R H Colebrook printed in 1794. From Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan, ‘to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of party of the operations of the army under the Marquis Cornwallis during the late war’. Illustrative of the proceedings of the forces employed on the expedition sent from Bombay under the command of Capt Wainwright.