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HOME, Robert (c.1750-c.1836). Select Views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan; from Drawings taken on the Spot. London: T. Bensley for Mr. Bowyer, 1794. 4º (334 x 274 mm). 4 folding maps and plans, one of these hand-coloured, and 29 engraved plates by Fittler, Byrne and others after Robert Home. (Occasional scattered spotting, the plans with short tears near some folds.) Contemporary red half morocco, flat spine in gilt compartments centred with an urn, gilt morocco label on upper cover, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed, sides lightly darkened). Provenance: Charles William Vane, 3rd marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854, army officer and diplomatist; engraved bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Between 1791 and 1792, Robert Home followed Lord Cornwallis's army in the Third Anglo-Mysore war. In the late fall of 1792, he turned his focus toward painting India's landscape and completed this work. A copy with interesting provenance: Cornwallis recognized Vane's talent and, with the support of the Duke of York, secured Vane a promotion at a critical time early in his career. Cox I 304.
FIRST EDITION. Between 1791 and 1792, Robert Home followed Lord Cornwallis's army in the Third Anglo-Mysore war. In the late fall of 1792, he turned his focus toward painting India's landscape and completed this work. A copy with interesting provenance: Cornwallis recognized Vane's talent and, with the support of the Duke of York, secured Vane a promotion at a critical time early in his career. Cox I 304.
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