A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . lso portraitsof the Marchioness of Tweeddale,Lord Clive, Sir Arthur Wellesleyby Hoppner, General Meadows byHome, and Lord Hobart by MrWatts. The Banqueting Hall, in adetached building, is a noble room80 ft. long and 60 ft. broad, andvery lofty. The principal entranceis on the N., and is approached bya broad and lofty flight of stonesteps. The hall was constructedduring Lord Clives governmentto commemorate the fall of Seringa-patam. Round the walls are largepictures of the Queen - EmpressVictoria ; George III., taken at thebeginning of h
A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . lso portraitsof the Marchioness of Tweeddale,Lord Clive, Sir Arthur Wellesleyby Hoppner, General Meadows byHome, and Lord Hobart by MrWatts. The Banqueting Hall, in adetached building, is a noble room80 ft. long and 60 ft. broad, andvery lofty. The principal entranceis on the N., and is approached bya broad and lofty flight of stonesteps. The hall was constructedduring Lord Clives governmentto commemorate the fall of Seringa-patam. Round the walls are largepictures of the Queen - EmpressVictoria ; George III., taken at thebeginning of his reign ; a full-lengthof Sir Thomas Munro, by Shee;Robert, Lord Hobart, 1790-98; LordHarris ; Lord Mornington, afterwardsMarquis Wellesley, seated on theterrace of the old Government Housein the Fort, with two flags on hisleft, the British surmounting that ofTipu, and the steeple of old StMarys Church ; Sir C. Trevelyan ;General Sir Eyre Coote ; Lord Corn-wallis ; Lord Wm. Bentinck; LordNapier and Ettrick, , in therobes of a peer; the Marquis of i. H Ei AND THE ENVIHOT^S IMfle g-^||.,.i.,iMliWi|i Sndways 2 Cenir-oL ., Vep&y £. .3 7. (V nnfm/ira. , 1> 3 t* Ihui^arufhxj-m. .. ., C 3 ll> Capnur- Holier S^Sco^Jt C + Mi« .aiiUKftUPPrrTBT ST*^— >3
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