Der LEICHNAM des SULTANS TIPPO wird vou feiner FAMILIE erkannt

1799

Later hand-coloured stipple engraving on paper

16.5 x 18.5 in   |  41.9 x 47 cm

Der LEICHNAM des SULTANS TIPPO wird vou feiner FAMILIE erkannt (The body of Tippo Sultaun recognized by his family)

Inscribed in the title: The Body of the Sultan was not found till late in the Evening, and then placed in the Court of the Palace by order of Major General Baird; the next day it was recognised by his family, whose grief on the occasion was extreme, his Death depriving them of the only dependence they had in their calamitous situation.

From a series of four plates of the siege and capture of Seringapatam, the battle that ended the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Original hand coloured engraving showing Tipu Sultan's family grieving over his dead body. Tipu Sultan, the implacable 'Tiger of Mysore' who had been a major challenge to British authority in India, was finally defeated and killed in the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.

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