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Porto Novo, 1781 (Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India) 11°28'59"N 79°46'00"E

c.1781

Ink on paper, four pages of text | 31.8 x 39.2 cm (sheet; folded to 31.8 x 19.9 cm) | RCIN 734061.2.b

A descriptive text relating to the map of the Battle of Porto Novo at RCIN 734061.2.a. Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84). Not signed or dated.

Condition: one fold line slight surface dirt on left edge. Verso: surface dirt on left edge.
  • Anonymous (author)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
    Army-India
  • Watermark: Britannia in a triple lined crowned circle; countermark: J WHATMAN

    Mark, stamped: 1010

    Condition: one fold line slight surface dirt on left edge. Verso: surface dirt on left edge

  • 31.8 x 39.2 cm (sheet; folded to 31.8 x 19.9 cm)

  • Manuscript title:

    A Plan of the Action near Porto Novo on the 1.st July 1781 in, / which the Army of Hyder Ally was defeated by the Brittish, / Troops under the Command of Lieut.t General Sir Eyre Coote.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Battle of Porto Novo, 1 July 1781.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, below old heading no., black pencil, in a modern hand:] II. (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Porto Novo A drawn Plan of the Battle of Porto Novo. 1.st July 1781. with references.

  • Subject(s)

    Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India (11°28'59"N 79°46'00"E)

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  • 5 June 2024