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- Title:
- Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sultan
- Date:
- 1843
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint, published state with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 36 1/2 × 27 1/8 inches (92.7 × 68.9 cm), Plate: 33 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (84.5 × 60.6 cm), Image: 28 1/4 × 21 3/4 inches (71.8 × 55.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Sir David BAIRD"; lower right: "(IR74/2516)"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A."; lower center: "London, Published May 1, 1843, by F. G. Moon, Printseller by Special Appointment to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 20, Threadneedle Street."; lower right: "Engraved by John Burnet, F.R.S."; lower left: "Printed by R. Lloyd."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14556
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40351
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