Defeat of Tippoo Saib before Seringapatam, by the Marquis Cornwallis, 1792
etching, etching
Accession Number
NAM.2001-04-608-1
Description
Defeat of Tippoo Saib before Seringapatam, by the Marquis Cornwallis, 1792. Etching by Barlow after Christall, publisher unknown, 1795. Cornwallis’s force besieging the city of Seringapatam, 3rd Mysore War; with a military band and camels to the right, soldiers marching through the river in the centre, and four mounted officers to the left. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Events
Seringapatam, Siege of, 1792 (3rd Mysore War 1790-1792)