South View of Sewandroog

Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the collection of Robert Hyde Colebrook's drawings and paintings published in 1794 describes this work, South View of Sewandroog, as: ‘This view exhibits the appearance of Sewan-droog from the southward. The Pettah, or lower fort was the place where twenty British officers and thirty soldiers, taken prisoners during the former war, were confined … On the accession of Tippoo Sultan to the throne of Mysore, in 1782, their confinement was rendered more rigorous and severe than ever, and their allowance of provisions was considerably reduced. They frequently heard accounts of the murder of some of their countrymen in other prisons, and Death seemed continually to threaten them. … At the commencement of the year 1783, the treaty of Mangalore took place, and the prisoners were cheered with the news of peace. They were conducted soon after to Bangalore …’