The Battle of Pollilur, India, Seringapatam, early 19th century
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March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 800,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache on paper, within black rules, 10 large sheets of paper laid down on canvas, mounted on restoration fabric
painting: 962 by 200cm.
with border: 978.5 by 219cm.
Anne Buddle, Tigers round the Throne - The Court of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), exhibition catalogue, Zamana Gallery, London, 1990, introduction, p.15.
Anne Buddle et al., The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India 1760-1800, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1999, cat. no.133, illus. front cover, pls.10,11.
Veena Shekhar, Historical Paintings of Srirangapatna: A Stylistic Study, New Delhi, 2010, illus. p.xxvii.
Janaki Nair, 'Tipu Sultan, History Painting and the Battle for 'Perspective', in Studies in History, 22, 1, New Delhi, 2006, pp.111-2, figs.3,4.
Anne Buddle et al., The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India 1760-1800, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1999, cat. no.133, illus. front cover, pls.10,11.
Veena Shekhar, Historical Paintings of Srirangapatna: A Stylistic Study, New Delhi, 2010, illus. p.xxvii.
Janaki Nair, 'Tipu Sultan, History Painting and the Battle for 'Perspective', in Studies in History, 22, 1, New Delhi, 2006, pp.111-2, figs.3,4.
Tigers round the Throne - The Court of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), Zamana Gallery, London, 2 August - 14 October 1990.
The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India 1760-1800, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 29 July - 3 October 1999.
The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India 1760-1800, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 29 July - 3 October 1999.