South East Angle Of Osar (with Union Flag), James Hunter, 1804

Plate thirty one from 'picturesque scenery in the kingdom of mysore'. Based on an original compostion by hunter. It shows the fortified town of hosur, which lies to the south east of bangalore. Today hosur is a rapidly growing industrial town which beneifts from being close to bangalore. It held strategic importance to the british during the mysore wars waged against haider ali khan (c. 1722 - 1782) and his son, tipu sultan (1753 -1799), in the late eighteenth century. Item number: 30031. Object Type: print. Date: 1804. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in). Medium: aquatint print coloured. Depicted Place: Hosur. Collection: British Library. South East Angle Of Osar with Union Flag