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Title(s)
Sixteen sketches illustrative of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore / designed on stone by Hutchisson and printed and published at the Asiatic Lithogc. Press.
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Additional Title(s)
Bhurtpore
No. 1 of the illustrations of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore
No. one of the illustrations of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore -
Published/Created
Calcutta : [Asiatic Lithographic Press], 1826.
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Physical Description
20 leaves : illustrations ; 36 x 52 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 61
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Lithographed title page.
Issued in original brown wrappers, with lithographed cover titled "Bhurtpore" and depicting scene of war. Bhurtpore is the running title across all plates.
Statement of extent based on copy at Yale Center for British Art, which contains 17 bound leaves and 3 loose leaves: additional lithographed title page for part 1 titled "No. 1 of the illustrations...", lithographed dedication page, and contents slip for part 2.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 443
BAC Folio A 2022 61: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in original brown wrappers, with lithographed cover depicting scene of war and titled "Bhurtpore." Copy contains 17 bound leaves and 3 loose leaves: additional lithographed title page for part 1 titled "No. 1 of the illustrations...", lithographed dedication page, and contents slip for part 2. -
Subject Terms
Belagerung | Bharatpur | Bharatpur District (India) -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | Bharatpur District (India) -- Pictorial works.
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