Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by David Wilkie
published on 23 November 2022
Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan Download Full Size Image

An 1838 painting by David Wilkie showing the discovery of the body of Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, in a prison cell in Srirangapatna in 1799 at the end of the Anglo-Mysore Wars.

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Wilkie, D. (2022, November 23). Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16730/sir-david-baird-discovering-the-body-of-tipu-sulta/

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Wilkie, David. "Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 23, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16730/sir-david-baird-discovering-the-body-of-tipu-sulta/.

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Wilkie, David. "Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Nov 2022. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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