Image: The Delhi Gate Of Bangalore
Description: Plate 15 (sixteenth including the frontispiece) from 'Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore', based on a picture by James Hunter. A composition by Hunter showing the north gate of the fort at Bangalore. Of the original dressed stone fort built by the king of mysore, Haidar Ali (c.1722-1782), in 1761, this is the only gate which still stands today. Inside this fort, Tipu Sultan (1753-1799), Haidar Ali's son and successor to the Mysore throne, built a palace. Scence circa 1792. Item number: 30016
Title: The Delhi Gate Of Bangalore
Credit: https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000007683u00016000.html
Author: Henri Merke
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