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Description: | Ink wash drawing of the Shevagunga on the road to Seringapatam by Robert Home (1752-1834) in 1792. It is one of a series comprising 22 loose drawings together with a map and three plans completed by Home when he accompanied the British army under Cornwallis during the 3rd Mysore War 1791-1792.
The Anglo-Mysore Wars of the late 18th century were fought between the British and the Mysore rulers Haidar Ali (r.1761-1782) and his son Tipu Sultan (r.1782-1799) over the control of Southern India. Shevagunga was one of the hilltop forts between Bangalore and Seringapatam that suffered attack during this dispute, which was concluded at Seringapatam in 1799. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Shrines | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Home, Robert (1752-1834) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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