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Tipu Sultan

Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799

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  • The body of Tippu Sultan is laid out and mourned by a woman and servants. Stipple engraving by L. Schiavonetti, 1801, after R.K. Porter.
  • The coming-on of the monsoons;-or-the retreat from Seringapatam.

Works from the collections

5 works

    • Books

    A descriptive catalog of the Oriental library of the late Tippoo sultan of Mysore : To which are prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan, and his son Tippoo Sultan / by Charles Stewart.

    Stewart, Charles, 1764-1837. | Date: 1809
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    The body of Tippu Sultan is laid out and mourned by a woman and servants. Stipple engraving by L. Schiavonetti, 1801, after R.K. Porter.

    Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842. | Date: Oct.r 15th 1801 | Reference: 42700i
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    The coming-on of the monsoons;-or-the retreat from Seringapatam.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 1830 | Reference: 585497i
    • Books

    Tippoo Sultaun : a tale of the Mysore War / Meadows Taylor.

    Taylor, Meadows, 1808-1876. | Date: 1986
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    The palace of Tipu Sultan, Mysore: a parade in which an Indian army of men dressed in pink turbans and blue uniform stand on guard before two elephants bearing howdahs. Coloured aquatint by T. Hall after C. Gold, 1803.

    Gold, Charles, Captain. | Date: [1803?-1804] | Reference: 640688i

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