Gen. Sir James Lillyman Caldwell (1770-1863)

Titagudi; A Young Tamarind; Soldiers outside an Encampment; Views of Pedda Callipilly; Komarsavelly; A Fort after a Battle; and Secunda Valley

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Gen. Sir James Lillyman Caldwell (1770-1863)
Titagudi; A Young Tamarind; Soldiers outside an Encampment; Views of Pedda Callipilly; Komarsavelly; A Fort after a Battle; and Secunda Valley
all signed, inscribed with initials and some dated between 1802 and 1807
three pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash, three pencil and grey wash,one with brown wash, watermark, (1) Fleur de Lys, (1) 'JOHN WISE, (1) 'JWHATMAN',three unframed
17¾ x 23¾ in. (45.2 x 60.4 cm.); and smaller (6)

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This illustration on p. 113 is for lot 134 and not 135 as indicated in the catalogue

Lot Essay

John Lillyman Caldwell served with the engineers from 1788 and became a Major General in 1837. His Sketch View of the Country from the top of Anchitty Droog about 13 Miles nearly S of Assoor. 1791. is found in an album formed by Colin Mackenzie, a fellow engineer and Surveyor General of India between 1817-1821, now in the India Office Library, see M. Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, vol. II, p. 510, no. 757.

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