Capture of Seringapatam Size:L: 70 x 70cm Lord Palmerston (with the straw

Lord Palmerston (with the straw in his mouth) and the diminutive Lord Russell

The church was on the north side of Great Trinity Lane

crescent and street

George IV was king of Great Britain and Ireland between 1820 and 1830

Capture of Seringapatam Size:L: 70 x 70cm Lord Palmerston (with the straw'Capture of Seringapatam', 1799 (c1850s). Srirangapatna (Seringapatam), the chief city of Mysore, India, was captured by the British army commanded by the Duke of Wellington in 1799. The battle and the death of Tipu Sultan marked the end of the Fourth Anglo Mysore War and the confirmation of British domination of southern India. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History, George Routledge And Sons, (London, New York, c1850).