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032-003280429 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. WD108-110, WD360

Reference (shelfmark):
WD108-110, WD360
Title:
ALLAN, Sir ALEXANDER, 1st BARONET (1764-1820) Allan served in the 3rd and 13th Madras Native Infantry from 1780 to 1804. Lieutenant 1786; Captain 179 ...
Scope & Content:
ALLAN, Sir ALEXANDER, 1st BARONET (1764-1820) Allan served in the 3rd and 13th Madras Native Infantry from 1780 to 1804. Lieutenant 1786; Captain 1796; Major 1803; resigned 1804. From 1814 he was a Director of the East India Company. He took part in the third and fourth Mysore Wars. At the sieg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
4 items

2. WD110

Reference (shelfmark):
WD110
Title:
View of a Mysore hill fort. Between 1790 and 1792. Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820)
Scope & Content:
Unfinished pencil and wash drawing of Mysore hill fort in Karnataka in South India by Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764-1820) sometime between 1790 and 1792. This is one of four drawings of hill forts in South India made in a similar style by Alexander Allan. Allan served in the 3rd and 13...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD108

Reference (shelfmark):
WD108
Title:
View of Outradrug (Mysore). Between 1790 and 1792. Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820)
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of the fortress at Outradrug (Hutridurga) in Karnataka by 1st Baronet Sir Alexander Allan (1764-1820), dating to between 1790 and 1792. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘View of Outradroog.’ Note: Outradrug was captured by Colonel Stuart in December 1791. The hil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD109

Reference (shelfmark):
WD109
Title:
View of Sautgarh (Mysore). Between 1790 and 1792. Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820)
Scope & Content:
Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of Sautgarh, Karnataka by Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764-1820) completed sometime between 1790 and 1792. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Sautgur.’ This is one of four drawings of hill forts in South India made in a similar style by Alexander Allan. Allan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD360

Reference (shelfmark):
WD360
Title:
View of Nandidrug (Mysore) with three English soldiers in the foreground and two Indian horsemen in the middle distance. Between 1790 and 1792. Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820)
Scope & Content:
View of Nandidrug with three English soldiers in the foreground and two Indian horsemen in the middle distance. Between 1790 and 1792. Inscribed on original mount in ink: ‘Nundy Droog.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 13 by 18 ins. Note: Drawing for ‘Views in the Mysore Country’, plate 10. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item