Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam

Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam

Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam

Henry Singleton

Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam

year

1793

size

22.2 x 26.0 in. / 56.4 x 66.0 cm.

medium

Mezzotint, tinted with watercolour on paper

This imagined view of the departure of the two hostage princes from their father’s court shows them standing between their brother Fateh Haidar and the vakil Ghulam Ali Khan, who will escort them to Cornwallis’s camp. The enthroned Tipu looks on apparently serenely.

Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam
Tippoo Sultaun delivering to Gullum Alli Beg His Vakeel His Two Sons Who are Taking Leave of Their Brother Previously to Their Departure from Seringapatam
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Art Artist Names Single Henry Singleton

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