This is plate 15 from 'views in the mysore country. Sivangiridurg was one of the many hill-forts of tipu sultan, ruler of mysore in the late 18th century. It was taken by the british during the third anglo-mysore war, and this picture dates from that period. According to allan, sivangiridurg was a "small but almost impregnable hill-fort, one mile and a half from ramgherry,. Capitulated immediately after the fall of ramgherry, and surrendered to the detachment under captain welsh on the 24th december, 1791". Shevengherry (written on the object)
item number: 37815. Object Type: print. Date: 1794. Dimensions: height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in). Medium: aquatint print. Depicted Place: Sivangiridurg. Collection: British Library. Shevangherry - British Library X378(15)
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