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| Keywords: A Qajar Persian copy of a British painting of the assault.jpg en A Qajar Persian copy of a British painting of the assault 1836/7 Source http //search sothebys com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail jsp lot_id 4FGKH downloaded May 2005 THE ASSAULT AND TAKING OF SERINGAPATAM AFTER THE PAINTING BY HENRY SINGLETON SIGNED THE SLAVE OF THE KING 'ABDULLAH QAJAR PERSIA DATED 1252 HIJRA / A D 1836-7; oil on canvas framed CATALOGUE NOTE inscription in Persian The assault and capture of the fortress of Seringapatam which is the capital of the Deccan on 4th May 1799 corresponding to 1214 of the hijra Major General Baird divided his army into two divisions giving a part to Colonel Dunlop Despite extreme bravery and stability shown by the garrison-soldiers and the fact that Colonel Dunlop was injured nevertheless the British army with absolute gallantry arrows and swords entered the fortress at which point Tipu Sultan was killed and the fortress captured The slave of the king 'Abdullah wrote it the year 1252 1836-7 The signature conforms to that used by 'Abdullah the chief painter at the court of Fath 'Ali Shah 'Abdullah went on to receive the title bashi chief and khan from Muhammad Shah in 1255/1844 and was put in charge of all craftsmen working for the royal palace Karimzadeh notes that not many works by 'Abdullah are recorded; in style he followed Mihr 'Ali and worked both in oil and watercolour Karimzadeh Tabrizi M A The Lives and Art of Old Painters of Iran vol 1 London 1985 pp 301-11 According to Karimzadeh 'Abdullah was particularly skilful in depicting battle scenes and portraiture as witnessed by the large painting of Fath 'Ali Shah receiving dignitaries Amongst those depicted in the aforementioned painting is the envoy of the great Ray Raja Tipu Sultan showing that Tipu was certainly known at the Qajar court though it is unlikely that Muhammad Shah would have been sufficiently interested in the British victory at Seringapatam to commission a painting of the subject A more plausible explanation is that one of the British envoys under Muhammad Shah who knew 'Abdullah commissioned him to paint this picture The composition relates closely to an oil painting by the British artist Henry Singleton 1766-1839 now in the Allentown Art Museum Pennsylvania Archer M India and British Portraiture 1770-1825 London 1979 pl 342 which 'Abdullah must have known through a coloured engraving 1836/7 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/tipusultan/lastbattle/lastbattle html author PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Siege of Seringapatam 1799 1830s paintings from India Mysore in the 1830s Henry Singleton | ||||
