A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it
Scope & Content:
A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it. Inscribed: ‘the Action of the 15 of May’. Pencil; 33.4 by 41.6 cm.
A caparisoned horse, and syce. Inscribed: ‘A. embroidery the same as the saddle B. Wild bulls tails C. Silver chain. Sepoys coat to be purple with white spots. Breeches white’. Water-colour; 20.3 by 32.2 cm.