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Samuel William Reynolds I
The Finding of the Body of Tippoo Sultanpublished 1800

Not on view
Oil painting of a multi-figure narrative scene inside a dimly lit stone chamber, soldiers in red and blue uniforms gathered around a fallen man, a woman in white at left

Samuel William Reynolds I, The Finding of the Body of Tippoo Sultan, published 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Samuel William Reynolds I
Title
The Finding of the Body of Tippoo Sultan
Place Made
England
Date Made
published 1800
Medium
Color mezzotint
Dimensions
23 x 30 in. (58.42 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.70.4
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya; Vidya Dehejia. From Merchants to Emperors: British Artists and India, 1757-1930. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1986.