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Tippoo Saib’s two sons deliver’d up to Lord Cornwallis

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 The son of the sultan is handed over by his father (right) to Cornwallis (left) with the British camp in the background. Soldiers flank Cornwallis; next to the Sultan is his other son and a servant(?)

  • Title: Tippoo Saib’s two sons deliver’d up to Lord Cornwallis [graphic] : as hostages, after he had so gloriously conquered that proud, sultan at Seringagpate the capital of the Mysore Country in the East Indies in 1792.
  • Published: [London: Published 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 12 May 1794]

Catalog Record  & Digital Collection

794.05.12.60+

Acquired December 2013

Tippoo Saib’s two sons taking leave of their mother

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 Before a tent with a throne inside, Tippoo Sahib’s wife, mother of his two sons, kneels on a rug; she embraces her one son as the other son stands behind him. Tipu Sultan stands in the background with a woman servant(?)

  • Title: Tippoo Saib’s two sons taking leave of their mother [graphic] : previous to their being deliver’d up to Lord Cornwallis as hostages at the termination of the war in the East Indies in 1792.
  • Published:[London : Published 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 12 May 1794]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

794.05.12.59+

Acquired December 2013