File:Kistnagherry Krishnagiri.jpg

Summary

Kistnagherry (

)

Artist

John Wells (fl. 1785–1803)
Alternative names	J. Wells
Description	engraver and publisher
Work period	1785 –1803
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q120633987



Alternative names	Alexander Allan
Description	British politician and painter
Date of birth/death	1764	14 September 1820
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q16146402 VIAF: 95721703 ULAN: 500006682 LCCN: nb2011008343 GND: 1177951797 RKD: 1175 WorldCat

Title

Kistnagherry

Object type

print

Description

English: This uncoloured aquatint is taken from plate 20 of Captain Alexander Allan's 'Views in the Mysore Country'. Krishnagiri is a town in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, bordering Karnataka. It is distinguished by the ruins of a building set magnificently atop towering granite boulders. The artist tells us that this was "a hill fort of great strength and local importance; and was for a short time in possession of the English in the war of 1768 with Hyder Ali, when it surrendered after a long blockade". British troops under Lt Col Maxwell attacked it in November 1791, during the third Anglo-Mysore war, resulting in 50 British casualties. With almost all their officers wounded or dead they were forced to retreat. The fort remained in Tipu's possession until the Treaty of Srirangapatna in 1792 ceded it to the British...
Item number: 37820

Depicted place

Krishnagiri

Date

1794

Medium

aquatint print

Dimensions

height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 47.5 cm (18.7 in)

Collection

British Library

	Native name	British Library
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 46″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1 July 1973
	Website	www.bl.uk
	Authority file	: Q23308 VIAF: 121814978 ISNI: 0000000123081542 ULAN: 500301700 LCCN: n81139951 NLA: 36588116 WorldCat

Accession number

X378(20)

Place of creation

London

Credit line

British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

Source/Photographer

https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000378u00020000.html

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/tipusultan/haidarali/haidarali.html

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