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The assault of Seringapatam," on the 4th of May 1799   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Antoine Cardon (1739–1822)  wikidata:Q2853763
 
Alternative names
Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon; Antoine-Alexandre Cardon; Cardon the elder
Description Southern Netherlandish painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 7 December 1739 Edit this at Wikidata 10 September 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death City of Brussels Edit this at Wikidata City of Brussels Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Vienna (1759), City of Brussels (1759-1760), Rome (1760-1765), Naples (1765-1766),
City of Brussels (1766-1782)
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artist QS:P170,Q2853763
After Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764–1820)  wikidata:Q16146402
 
After Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet
Alternative names
Alexander Allan
Description British politician and painter
Date of birth/death 1764 Edit this at Wikidata 14 September 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Authority control
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q16146402
Author
After A. Allen (designer); Cardon, 31 Clipstone St., Fitzroy Square (publisher); Schiavonetti, 12 Michael Place, Brompton (publisher)
Title
The assault of Seringapatam," on the 4th of May 1799
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: The assault of Seringapatam," on the 4th of May 1799. Coloured aquatint after Alexander Allan DQMG. Published by Cardon and Schiavonetti, London, February 1802. This image, published after the siege of Seringapatam, depicts British and allied Indian troops crossing the River Kaveri and storming the breach of Tipu Sultan’s fortress.
Depicted place Seringapatam
Date February 1802
date QS:P571,+1802-02-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium aquatint print
Dimensions height: 33 cm; width: 47 cm
dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,47U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/tipusultan/lastbattle/lastbattle.html
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