File:Alexander Allan - Woodia Droog.jpg
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[edit]Woodia Droog | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q120633987
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q16146402 |
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Woodia Droog |
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print object_type QS:P31,Q11060274 |
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Description |
English: This coloured aquatint is taken from plate 7 of Captain Alexander Allan's 'Views in the Mysore Country'. . Allan described Hudedurg as "a hill-fort commanding the head of a pass of the same name (sometimes called Policode Pass, from a town of that name at the foot of it) being the principal pass into the low countries, and the same through which Haider descended in 1780, was evacuated by the enemy on the approach of the army and occupied on 22nd July 1791 by a British garrison, in whose possession it remained until restored to Tippoo by the treaty of Seringapatam." Woodia Droog, hill fort commanding the head of the Policode which was the principal pass into lower plains of Carnatica. |
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Depicted place | Hudedurg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1794 date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | aquatint print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 46.4 cm (18.2 in); width: 62.2 cm (24.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,46.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,62.2U174728 |
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Place of creation | London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.storyltd.com/auction/item.aspx?eid=4272&lotno=12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Categories:
- Views in the Mysore Country (1794)
- Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet
- Third Anglo-Mysore War
- Tamil Nadu in the 1790s
- Geography of Krishnagiri district
- Animals of Krishnagiri district
- Forts in Krishnagiri district
- Unidentified locations in India
- Mountains of Tamil Nadu
- People of Krishnagiri district
- Flora of Krishnagiri district
- Trees in Tamil Nadu
- Horses of Tamil Nadu