Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan

15 August 1802

Uncoloured stipple engraving on paper

22.5 x 26.25 in   |  57.2 x 66.7 cm

With frame size: 29 x 33 in (72.5 x 82.5 cm)
Engraved by N Schiavonetti, Junior.

Below the title, the deep strip of text in English and French divided by a large ornamental cartouche, reads: "The wounded Sultaun retired under the gateway of the inner fort, his horse having sunk under him, his people raised him up and placed him on his palankeen from which, on the appearance of some European soldiers, he with difficulty removed himself, grasped his sword and nearly exhausted from loss of blood, wounded one of them above the knee who attempted to seize his sword belt, and who shot the Sultaun thru the head when he instantly expired."

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