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A woodcut showing the Emperor Maximilian in a triumphal chariot. This large woodcut, over 2 metres in length, was originally planned as part of a huge printed frieze. The work, undertaken by a team of designers and woodblock cutters, was to show a triumph
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    LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI (1765–1810) AFTER ROBERT KER PORTER (1777–1842)

    Body of Tippoo Sultaun Recognised by his Family

    published by Luigi and Niccolò Schiavonetti and Anthony Cardon, London, 15 October 1801

    RCIN 750587

    Tipu Sultan, the implacable 'Tiger of Mysore' who had been a major challenge to British authority in India, was finally defeated and killed in the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. The Prince of Wales was an avid collector of military prints as well as relics of Tipu Sultan, keeping eleven items from the Sultan's palace in the Armoury at Carlton House. Through Colnaghi he purchased this print and a pair on 29 September 1801, two weeks before they were officially published, for the considerable sum of 7 guineas.

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