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Printing plate
copper plate Malik-E-Maidan Cannon

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.27

Artist/Designer/Maker

Unknown artist
Harris, George - Printing plate maker

Production date

19th century

Material

copper

Technique

Aquatint
line engraving

Dimensions

height: 229mm
width: 280mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB F

Content description

Printing plate showing a section of the Malik-E-Maidan cannon, Bijapur, India. With a scale of feet at the top and the printing plate maker's stamp on the reverse.

Inscriptions

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Scale of feet

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Section of the Moolki Maidan.

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Moolki Maidan, of Beejapoor

Inscription content

G. HARRIS
NO.31 SHOE LANE
LONDON

References

Reference (controlled)

Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
    Printing plate showing a section of the Malik-E-Maidan cannon, Bijapur, India; with printing plate maker's stamp on reverse.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Miss Lindsay Allason-Jones FSA.