Lot 636
JEAN BAPTISTE MAUZAISSE (1784-1844)
AMBASSADEURS DU SULTAN TIPOO SAIB ADMIS A L'AUDIENCE DU ROY LE.10 AOUST MDCCLXXXVIII
The Ambassadors are named in the lower margin as Mohammed Derviche Khan, Achbar Ali Khan and Mohammed Osmann Khan [sic], signed Mauzaisse, pencil with touches of brown ink, laid on original mount with ink title, unframed
Subject 25 x 21.7cm; mount overall 32.5 x 28.5cm.
* Tipu Sultan's chosen envoys,Muhammad Dervish Khan, Akbar Ali Khan and Muhammad Uthman Khan, were received by Louis XVI at Versailles in August 1788. Muhammad Dervish Khan was also painted by Vigee-Lebrun in the same year (Private Collection). Upon the Ambassadors' return to India, their failure to have achieved the desired alliance with the French resulted in their summary beheading by Tipu Sultan.
Provenance: Unidentified collector's stamp ARD (Lugt 172); Collection of Niall Hobhouse
