Chinroyen-Droog, Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet, 1794

This uncoloured aquatint is taken from plate 8 of captain alexander allan's 'views in the mysore country'. A hill-fort, channarayanadurga is in the tumkur district of karnataka and is one of the nava-durgas ('nine-forts') around bangalore. Small but strong, it surrendered to troops commanded by lieutenant colonel maxwell, 23 july 1791. Control was officially ceded to the british by the treaty of seringapatam at the conclusion of the war in 1792. Item number: 3788. Object Type: print. Date: 1794. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 33.4 cm (13.1 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in). Medium: aquatint print. Depicted Place: Channarayana Durga. Collection: British Library. Chinroyen-Droog - British Library X378(8)