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Tippoo Collection

Background imageTippoo Collection: Organ - Tippoos Tiger

Organ - Tippoos Tiger
The unusual organ Tippoos Tiger, constructed to the order of Tippoo Sahib (1753- 1799), Sultan of Mysore, and represents the mauling of an East India Company Officer

Background imageTippoo Collection: Battle of Pollilur

Battle of Pollilur
The Battle of Pollilur waged between Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore and Col. William Baille of the East India Company. The full width view of the huge battle scene. Date: 10 September 1780

Background imageTippoo Collection: Water Gate - where Tipu Sultan fell - Siege of Seringapatam

Water Gate - where Tipu Sultan fell - Siege of Seringapatam
Sally Port where Tipu Sultan fell during the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799 - Srirangapatna (also spelled Shrirangapattana) - known as Seringapatam whilst India was under British rule

Background imageTippoo Collection: Tippoo Saheb - Sultan of Mysore

Tippoo Saheb - Sultan of Mysore

Background imageTippoo Collection: Rajah Tipu Observatory, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India

Rajah Tipu Observatory, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India
Tipu Sultan (Tippoo Saib) Observatory - Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTippoo Collection: Three printed coloured maps

Three printed coloured maps: Fairburns New Chart Exhibiting the Route of General Buonaparte in the Mediterranean Sea; with the Countries through which the French Army must pass

Background imageTippoo Collection: Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888

Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888
Engraving showing Tippoo Tibs grand canoes travelling down the Congo River during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Background imageTippoo Collection: Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)

Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)
Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa

Background imageTippoo Collection: Munchhausen, Baron (1720-1797). German nobleman

Munchhausen, Baron (1720-1797). German nobleman
" Munchhausen, Baron (1720-1797). German nobleman. " Baron Munchausen riding a cannonball during the fight with Tippoo"

Background imageTippoo Collection: India / Mysore Tombs 1890S

India / Mysore Tombs 1890S
Mysore: tombs of Tippoo Sahib and Hyder Ali

Background imageTippoo Collection: Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887

Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887

Background imageTippoo Collection: Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, c

Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, c
Photograph of Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls on the Lualaba River, c.1887. Stanley Falls are now known as the Boyoma Falls and are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Background imageTippoo Collection: Seringapatam 1792

Seringapatam 1792
British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis capture Seringapatam, the Mysore city ruled by Sultan Tippoo Sahib

Background imageTippoo Collection: Death of Tippoo Sahib

Death of Tippoo Sahib
Sir David Baird discovering the body of Tippoo Sahib after the capture of Seringapatam

Background imageTippoo Collection: Fall of Tippoo Sahib

Fall of Tippoo Sahib
The fall of Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatam

Background imageTippoo Collection: Tippoos Sons Surrender

Tippoos Sons Surrender
The surrender of two of Tippoo Sultauns sons to the British


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