Sujet

'Tippoo Sultan's Body Was Found Buried Beneath Those Of His Followers', 1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

Légende

'Tippoo Sultan's Body Was Found Buried Beneath Those Of His Followers', 1908, (c1920). The death of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, a kingdom of southern India. Following Horatio Nelson?s victory at the Battle of the Nile in Egypt in 1798, three armies, one from Bombay, and two British marched into Mysore in 1799 and besieged the capital Srirangapatna in the Fourth Mysore War. Tipu Sultan died defending his capital on 4 May. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1908

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C77_195

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

28,2Mo (2,5Mo) / 22,4cm x 31,6cm / 2640 x 3736 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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