1592963646000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141525 1747245968403 1711380508000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141525 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141525 ae696903-8424-31b8-afc5-1703d80b09f9 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals One of the principal opponents to the rise of the power of the British East India Company's influence in India was the Kingdom of Mysore, centred on the eponymous city in southern India. The first military clash between the powers led Mysore to seek French aid, and the French East India Company was glad to have an ally against the more successful British Company. This alliance however tended to involve Mysore in the eighteenth-century wars between France and Britain without necessarily supporting Mysore when that kingdom came up against the British. The military rise of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte renewed this opposition in 1798 as Napoleon invaded Egypt in an attempt to cut off the British Empire's eastern possessions, and Tipu Sultan's Mysore readily joined the attack. The rapid defeat of the Egyptian campaign left Mysore in an awkward position, as Lord Arthur Wellesley had mustered forces that Mysore could not hope to resist. The key to the campaign was the capture of the capital Sriringapatnam in May 1799, in which attack Tipu Sultan was killed. After this Mysore was rapidly placed under British suzerainty. The East India Company issued this medal to their troops who had taken part in the siege and capture of Tipu Sultan's capital, in various metals for different ranks. The medal was made in small numbers in India but the bulk of the issue was done at the Soho mint in Birmingham, and this silver example came from there. The medal was issued unnamed, and the recipient, one of 850 of pieces in this metal, is therefore unknown. Lester Watson purchased this example from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928. CM.1431-2009 1 accession number CM.1431-2009 141525 priref 141525 Watson Catalogue 343 ordering M-0314 previous object number LW.0314 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141525 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141525 Lion and tiger locked in combat obverse IV MAY MDCCXCIX design Siege party entering breached walls of a fortress reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1808 1808 1808 mint reference agent-151458 adlib-agent-151458 eaf43d27-c4d5-3357-b79a-b169ccbb73ec Birmingham issuer reference agent-167567 adlib-agent-167567 5ce1f666-30e0-383b-bee5-fff00c8b2f38 East India Company artist reference agent-174952 adlib-agent-174952 d9437671-6dd1-332a-81eb-531e73c57366 Küchler, Conrad Heinrich inferred ruler reference agent-51006 adlib-agent-51006 96512349-0740-3b52-b3d9-08460e8d9530 George III (1760-1820) reference term-107687 adlib-term-107687 61b7b4a0-65d8-3856-9253-f53f17d65f43 Birmingham reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 48.2 Weight g 45.88 reference media-116601 adlib-media-116601 69edb80d-77b2-36fd-ad2f-8b7421e12ba6 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1742589766939 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1742589766939 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 353 1742589766939 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/preview_LW_0314_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 258 width pixels 250 1742589766939 1 image 0 media image reference media-116602 adlib-media-116602 3b4ab488-5195-375a-866d-4d3e267eaf61 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 354 1742589816537 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 354 1742589816537 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0314_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 354 1742589816537 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/preview_LW_0314_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 258 width pixels 250 1742589816537 1 image 1 media image reference term-123048 adlib-term-123048 880fd9b4-1619-308b-ac18-cef7f520e320 Seringapatam Medal (English) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122773 adlib-term-122773 db85fdc9-9911-3752-9e56-d49f13af43b7 East India Co. subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Lowe before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 30-31 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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