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Foster 855
- Record Id:
- 032-003264712
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264712
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000489
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 855
- Title:
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Embroidered picture, lettered: 'Return of Tippoo Saib's Two Sons to their Mother'.
- Scope & Content:
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Embroidered picture, lettered: ‘Return of Tippoo Saib’s Two Sons to their Mother,’ English, c.1800.
Coloured silks on silk ground, 34 by 31 cms.
Presented by Lady Hawthorne Lewis, December 1990, see papers of Sir William Hawthorne Lewis, Governor of Orissa 1941-6, Mss Eur G111.
The embroidery is a slightly simplified version of, and clearly based on, the engraving with the same title published by Haines & Son, London, 1796.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264712", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Foster 855: Embroidered picture, lettered: 'Return of Tippoo Saib's Two Sons to their Mother'." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264712
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264712
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: coloured silks; silk ground
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sulṭān Fātiḥ ‘Alī Ṣāḥib Tīpū, Sulṭān of Mysore, 1750-1799,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000087936565 - Subjects:
- Events
Women