Capture of Seringapatam Size:L: 70 x 70cm lower left '1818

lower left '1818

Lord Palmerston (with the straw in his mouth) and the diminutive Lord Russell

exploring the Caribbean and the coasts of Central and South America

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Capture of Seringapatam Size:L: 70 x 70cm lower left '1818'Capture of Seringapatam', 1799 (c1850s). Srirangapatna (Seringapatam), the chief city of Mysore, India, was captured by the British army commanded by the Duke of Wellington in 1799. The battle and the death of Tipu Sultan marked the end of the Fourth Anglo Mysore War and the confirmation of British domination of southern India. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History, George Routledge And Sons, (London, New York, c1850).