File:Chinroyen-Droog - British Library X378(8).jpg
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Chinroyen-Droog
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Chinroyen-Droog |
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English: 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 |
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| Depicted place | Channarayana Durga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | aquatint print | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 33.4 cm (13.1 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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X378(8) |
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| Place of creation | London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000378u00008000.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:46, 13 July 2023 | | 942 × 712 (228 KB) | Broichmore | {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:John Wells (engraver)}}{{Creator:Alexander Allan|after}} |author = |title = Chinroyen-Droog |object type = print |description = {{en|1= 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 tro... |
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