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Battle of Pollilur, 1781
A PLAN / OF / THE ACTION OF THE 27,TH AUG,T 1781 / near the Village of / POLILORE / in which the ARMY of HYDER ALLY was / defeated / by the Brittish Troops under the Command / of / LIEUT. GEN.L SIR EYRE COOTE K.B.
c.1781Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,315 approx. | RCIN 734067
Additional text: [bottom left, in two columns, a descriptive key, a-i, k-w:] REFERENCES [bottom right, a recapitulation of the strength of the British army and a return of the killed, wounded and missing:] REMARKS.
Condition: two fold lines; dirt is present across the whole face of the map and has been erased from the bottom right corner in order to write the old heading in a clean space. Verso: heavy surface dirt along left and right edges; the pattern of dirt along the left edge suggests that the map was at one time stored as a roll; two recent paper repairs to top right and right edges.
S. Davis (active 1781) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top left, below title:] Drawn on the Spot by S. Davis / Ens.n & Assist.t Engineer.
Watermark: J WHATMAN
Mark, stamped: 1013
Condition: two fold lines; dirt is present across the whole face of the map and has been erased from the bottom right corner in order to write the old heading in a clean space. Verso: heavy surface dirt along left and right edges; the pattern of dirt along the left edge suggests that the map was at one time stored as a roll; two recent paper repairs to top right and right edges
Scale: 1:7,315 approx. Scale bar: [125 mm =] 1000 Yards.
64.6 x 98.9 cm (neatline)
64.9 x 99.4 cm (image)
65.2 x 99.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN / OF / THE ACTION OF THE 27,TH AUG,T 1781 / near the Village of / POLILORE / in which the ARMY of HYDER ALLY was / defeated / by the Brittish Troops under the Command / of / LIEUT. GEN.L SIR EYRE COOTE K.B. [top left]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in two columns, a descriptive key, a-i, k-w:] REFERENCES [bottom right, a recapitulation of the strength of the British army and a return of the killed, wounded and missing:] REMARKS.
Annotations:
George III heading: [bottom left, black pencil:] Military [bottom right, black pencil:] Polilore 1781.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] Polilore 1781 XIV.61.5. [The ‘61.5’ is crossed out in black pencil and ‘67’ is substituted.]
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of the Action of the 27.th of August 1781 near the Village of Polilore; in which the / Army of Hyder Ally was defeated by the British Troops under the command of Lieut. Gen.l Sir Eyre / Coote KB. by S Davis Eng.r / A Roll ... [black pencil] 5 Table 2.d / in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] Missing / [in Yolande Hodson's hand:] not missing. 6/87 YH / now in box XIV oversize / [George III heading, red ink:] Battle of Polilore 27 Aug. 1781.
Watermark: BUDGEN & WILMOTT 1810.
Size: 46.9 x 32.6 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Polilore A drawn Plan of the Action of the 27.th of Aug.t 1781 near the Village of Polilore, in which the Army of Hyder Ally was defeated by the British Troops under the command of Lieut. General Sir Eyre Coote: by S. Davis Eng.
Subject(s)
Pollilur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nādu, India (12°50'00"N 79°43'00"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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