Lot 66 | HENRY SINGLETON, R.A. 1766-1839 THE LAST EFFORT AND FALL OF TIPPOO SULTAUN
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oil on canvas
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Mildred Archer, India and British Portraiture 1770-1825, London, 1979, p.431
CATALOGUE NOTE
This dramatic composition is the third in a series of four pictures which Singleton painted c.1800. The other three compositions illustrate The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun to Sir David Baird, The Assault and Taking of Seringapatam (Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania), and The Body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his Family.
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