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Sawen-Droog, from the North, plate XII from Views in the Mysore Country   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Wells  (fl. 1785–1803)  wikidata:Q120633987
 
Alternative names
J. Wells
Description engraver and publisher
Work period 1785 Edit this at Wikidata–1803 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q120633987
After Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet  (1764–1820)  wikidata:Q16146402
 
After Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet
Alternative names
Alexander Allan
Description British politician and painter
Date of birth/death 1764 Edit this at Wikidata 14 September 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q16146402
Title
Sawen-Droog, from the North, plate XII from Views in the Mysore Country
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: This is plate 12 from 'Views in the Mysore Country. 'Sawen-Droog, from the North, plate XII from Views in the Mysore Country'.

Savandurga is situated among the forests of the Magadi Hills. At 4050 feet (1207 metres) high these glowering granite rocks are visible from nearby Bangalore. Savandurga consists of two cliffs separated by a deep valley. The dark rock on the left is covered with vegetation and called Karigudda, or Black Rock; the paler rock on the right is completely barren and called Billigudda, or White Rock. The fort on top was the strongest and most impregnable of Tipu's hill-forts. Allan described the place as "a fortress constructed on a stupendous rock". He stated: "On hearing of the capture of Sawen-Droog, the inhabitants of Seringapatam did not hesitate to prophecy that their capital was gone." The fort was taken on 21 December 1791 by a British detachment commanded by Lt. Col. Stuart, their success due to their intrepid ascent of the perpendicular cliffs.

Item number: 37811
Depicted place Savandurga
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium aquatint print
Dimensions height: 33.4 cm (13.1 in); width: 47.5 cm (18.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,47.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
X378(11)
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Inscriptions Sawen-Droog
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https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000378u00011000.html

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/sawen-droog-from-the-north
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