Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow

‘This view exhibits some of the hills which enclose the Lake, and contains a part of the field of battle, fought in 1771, between the army of Hyder Ali Khan and the Mahratta forces, under Trimmock Row. The building in the distance represents the mausoleum of Buddeer u’ddien Khan, one of Hyder’s generals, and a near relation, who fell on that bloody day.’ This is the artist's description of the place he painted in this work, as recorded in his collection of paintings and drawings, titled Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore.