THE DEATH OF TIPU SULTAN, KING OF MYSORE
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Possibly England, late 18th - early 19th century

Pencil and ink on wove paper, the central roundel depicting a crucial moment in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War culminating with the death of Tipu Sultan, the King of Mysore (r. 1782 - 1799), on 4 May 1799 while defending his fort in Seringapatam, a British soldier grabbing him from the belt, the wounded Sultan rising his sword to hit the opponent, more British soldiers in the background, mounted, glazed and framed, the back of the frame with an old annotation in sepia ink 'Death of Tippoo Sultan by Henry Singleton 1766 - 1839', the page 12.5cm x 11.5cm, 23cm x 22cm including the frame.