North-east view of Hydrabad, Francis Jukes, 1799

This is plate 1 from 'hindoostan scenery consisting of twelve select views in india' by francis jukes (1746-1812) and thomas anburey (1759-1840) of the corps of engineers, bengal. While serving with the bengal army between 1792 and 1793, anburey helped survey a route from seringapatam to hyderabad and on through berar to kalpi between. After the rigours of the march through the nallamalais range, the city of hyderabad must have been a welcome sight, with the wide musi river and elegant mosques and palaces in the background. Date: 1799. Medium: aquatint with etching. Collection: British Library. North east view of Hydrabad