cover image: The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!

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The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!

1 Jan 1799

1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Several British officers, "Harrah my Honey now for the Black Joke" and "Cheer up my girls we'll supply his place well", take liberties with the women in the harem of Tipu Sultan after his death during the fighting at Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa, India.
india british history harems relations between the sexes cartoons (commentary) etchings mysore war hand-colored nawab of mysore death & burial destruction & pillage śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa tipu sultan, fath ʻali
Genre
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1790-1800 Etchings--British--Hand-colored--1790-1800
Published in
[London] : Published by S.W. Fores, 1799 October 8th.
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Series
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Subject
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli,--Nawab of Mysore,--1753-1799--Death & burial. India--History--Mysore War, 1799--Destruction & pillage--British. Relations between the sexes--India--Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa--1790-1800. Harems--India--Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa--1790-1800. India--Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa India

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