Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'Tippoo Saib's Two Sons deliver'd up to Lord Cornwallis' (includes Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis; Tipu, Sultan of Mysore; Sultan Mu'izz Ud-Din; Sultan Abdul Khaliq and four other unidentified figures) NPG D20141

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert Laurie

Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore who resisted British imperialism and fought against British colonialism. Tipu Sultan was a progressive ruler who is credited with introducing coinage, a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar and a new land tax system which helped to boost growth of the Mysore silk industry. He commissioned the Fathul Mujahidin military manual and is considered a pioneer in the use of rocket artillery which he deployed against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, most notably at the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.