The portrait of Mahomet Dervisch-Kam, premier ambassadeur de Typpo-Sultan was shown in the Paris salon of 1789 in her absence, along with an even taller monumental portrait of Mahomet Usman-Kam, second ambassadeur de Typpo-Sultan that she painted (whereabouts unknown).
Both paintings were admired greatly due to the fact that the ambassadors themselves had made quite a spectacle the year before.
All three ambassadors returned to India without achieving the sought-for alliance and their heads were chopped off by the sultan, giving both paintings even more allure for their grim symbolism.
The portrait of Mahomet Dervisch-Kam, premier ambassadeur de Typpo-Sultan was shown in the Paris salon of 1789 in her absence, along with an even taller monumental portrait of Mahomet Usman-Kam, second ambassadeur de Typpo-Sultan that she painted (whereabouts unknown). Both paintings were admired greatly due to the fact that the ambassadors themselves had made quite a spectacle the year before. All three ambassadors returned to India without achieving the sought-for alliance and their heads were chopped off by the sultan, giving both paintings even more allure for their grim symbolism.
Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan