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Robert Home, Select Views in Mysore: The country of Tippoo Sultan; from drawings taken on the spot by Mr Home; with historical descriptions, London: Mr Bowyer, 1794

vii; 29 colour copper-engraved plates by Fittler, Byrne and others after Robert Home; 48 pages with descriptive text for each plate in English and Urdu; full leather binding with gilt title and 4 raised bands at the spine
34.5 x 28 x 2.5 cm

LIST OF PLATES
1. East view of Bangalore with the Cypress Garden / 2. South West view of Bangalore, one Mile and a half distant on the road to Seringapatam / 3. View of the Inside Gate at Bangalore with the Guard Room / 4. View of the Delhi Gateway after it was repaired / 5. North view of Bangalore from the Pettah, showing the Curtain & Bastions that were breached / 6. Inside View of the Palace at Bangalore / 7. View of the Burial Ground at Bangalore / 8. North View of Savendroog from Maugree / 9. Distant View of Savendroog / 10. Distant View of Savendroog, two days march from Bangalore / 11. View of Maugree Pagodas / 12. South West view of Ootradroog / 13. South view of the Works and Pettah of Ootradroog / 14. North view of Ramgaree / 15. East view of Chenapatam / 16. North East view of Oliahdroog / 17. South East view of Oliahdroog / 18. View of Shevagurry from the top of Ramgaree / 19. View of Shevagunga from the road to Seringapatam / 20. West view of Peddi-Naig Droogum / 21. North view of Peddi-Naig Droogum / 22. North view of Seingapatam / 23. West view of Seringapatam from the middle of the River / 24. East view of Seringapatam / 25. View of the North East Angle of Seringapatam / 26. N.N.E. view of Seringapatam from Capt. Sibbald's Redoubt / 27. Distant view of Seringapatam from Meadow's Redoubt / 28. Hyder's Tomb in the Loll Baug Garden / 29. View of the Pettah Gateway, where Colonel Moorhouse fell.

A rare coloured plate copy.

"Home left for India, where he had connections. Leaving his children with relatives, he departed without permission from the East India Company, reaching Madras in January 1791. There he met the artists John Smart and William Hickey and found work painting theatrical scenery. Having sought and secured permission to accompany the grand army to Bangalore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War, Home reached the troops on 5 March. He remained with them until early April 1792, sketching captured forts, officers, and the local countryside." (ODNB)

He "had a flourishing practice as a portrait painter until the arrival Chinnery in June 1807." (Archer & Lightbown)

"He was one of the few British artists to spend the greater part of his life in India. Although a portrait painter by profession, Home especially during his first years in India, clearly delighted in painting landscapes. A curiosity of Home's book is that it was intended for sale to an Indian market, for descriptions in Persian are included. The book had some success for it was republished in 1812 in smaller format with its plates engraved in line."

“A collection of fine views, providing an excellent visual supplement to Major Dirom's book on the war in Mysore. Includes several views in Bangalore, including a view of the English cemetery there and a list of 7 monuments erected to British soldiers who fell during the taking of Bangalore. There are views of Savendroog, Ootradroog, Oliahdroog, Seringapatam and others. The letterpress gives brief descriptions of the military actions taking place at the various sites depicted. Home was granted permission to follow Lord Cornwallis' army as official artist during the Third Anglo-Mysore War as it expanded to Bangalore. He painted some of his well-known paintings while in South India. In 1792 he met the artists Thomas and William Daniell who were supportive of his work as landscape artist. His "Select Views in Mysore" were published in London and Madras in 1794. Home moved to Calcutta in 1795, where he had a flourishing portrait trade, and was one of the few British artists to spend the greater part of his life in India.”

Reference: Archer and Lightbown, India Observed: India as Viewed by British Artists 1760-1860, p. 41

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