Multura Fort, Bengal Printed Area Measurement_28.5 x 37 cm With the author's presentation inscription

With the author's presentation inscription to a Monsieur Bléton: 'offert en témoignage / de ma sincère affection…'

this should not distract from the overall achievement: an astonishing feat of organisation and interpretation of material compiled from a tremendous array of sources

drawn and engraved by John and William Emslie

Engraved British chart of Dublin bay

‘Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zur Wasser und zu Lande’

Multura Fort, Bengal Printed Area Measurement_28.5 x 37 cm With the author's presentation inscriptionOriginally published in the series Twenty Four Views in Hindostan, a part work issued 1802 1805 to illustrate Francis Blagdons Brief History of Ancient and Modern India; the plates appeared in a slightly different order when the book was made available as a complete volume. BM notes that this composition is based on a picture by Francis Swain Ward it depicts the river Yamuna, as it flows past the fort at Mathura, in Uttar Pradesh. The fort, known as