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Sir Alexander Allan, Views in the Mysore Country, London: Privately printed, 1794

Engraved title page dedicated to Charles Marquis Cornwallis K. G., Governor General of Bengal, 20 later hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Wells after Allan along with 6 sheets/12 pages, descriptive letterpress pages; rebound beige cloth bound with maroon leather gilt title ticket pasted on the front board and spine
48 x 63 x 1.5 cm

LIST OF PLATES
1. The Mausoleum at Colar / 2. Bangalore / 3. Hoolioor-Droog / 4. Anchitty-Droog / 5. Neel-Droog / 6. Ryacottah / 7. Woodia-Droog / 8. Chinroyen-Droog / 9. Rhyman-Ghur / 10. Nundy-Droog / 11. Kummaul-Ghur, or Calaramoconda / 12. Sawen-Droog, or Savendy-Droog, from the North / 13. Sawen-Droog, or Savendy-Droog, from the South / 14. Ramgherry / 15. Shevengherry / 16. Ootray-Droog / 17. Tarlawady / 18. The Mausoleum of Hyder Ali Khan / 19. Seringapatam / 20. Kistnagherry

Allan was an officer in the Madras Native Infantry from 1780 to 1804 and took part in the third and fourth Mysore wars and this book resulted from images drawn towards the end of the third campaign. He was a military topographer and, his overriding goal would have been to accurately portray what he saw which can be seen in this beautiful and rare views where he presents to a British public who were fascinated by the dealings surrounding Tipoo Sultan.

Bangalore was the main administrative and military centre of the Mysore kingdom. It was captured by the British during the course of the Third Mysore War, when Lord Cornwallis was able to advance his armies up on to the Mysore plateau in 1791. It served as the base of operations for an assault on Seringapatam itself, but Tippoo sued for peace before his capital fell. The Company's forces occupied Bangalore from 1791-92 before it was returned to Tippoo under the terms of the Treaty of Seringapatam.

He resigned having reached the rank of Major in 1804 and returned home to pursue his business interests. From 1814 he was a Director of the East India Company.

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