View from Malabar Hill.<br><p>Comprises two plates (Nos. 3 and 4).<br></p><p>The left hand side of this two-part panorama, is dominated in the foreground by the rocky outcrop at the top of Malabar Hill. In the middle distance can seen the outline of Bombay Fort and the associated town. The islands of Karanja and Elephanta are pictured in the distance, with the Mahratta Mountains in the background. The sweep of the shoreline of Back Bay and the tidal flats are just visible, though there is no indication of the European burial ground at Sonapur or the recently completed Belassis Road that linked Malabar Hill to Bombay. The buildings in the foreground may include 'Randall Lodge', the country residence of Major-General John Bellasis (1744-1808) HEIC, Commander of the Forces and Colonel of Artillery at Bombay. It was located on the promontory leading to Malabar Point.<br></p><p>The RHS of the panoramic view extends across the western half of Back Bay, and includes Old Woman's Island, the lighthouse, Mendham's Point, and the Flag Staff at Malabar Point.<br></p>
Comprises two plates (Nos. 3 and 4) from ‘’Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity; taken in the years 1791 and 1792’’, the set of 12, including two double-page panoramas, the 'View of Bombay Harbour' and 'View from Malabar Hill', etchings, with extensive hand-colouring, on thick sheets of Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 405 x 640 mm (16 x 25 1/4 in), each sheet approx. 505 x 720 mm (19 7/8 x 28 1/4 in, oblong elephant folio, [Not in Abbey], Robert Samuel Cribb, 1800.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:James_Wales_(artist)" class="extiw" title="w:en:James Wales (artist)"><span title="Scottish painter (1747-1795)">James Wales</span></a>
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<p>Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity
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