File:Surrender of Tipu Sultan.jpg
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Robert Home: General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipoo Sultan’s sons as hostages
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General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipoo Sultan’s sons as hostages |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Seringapatam 26 February 1792. Cornwallis had demanded two of Tipu's sons as hostages to ensure that the Treaty was fulfilled. The young Princes Abdul Khaliq (aged ten) and Mohin-ud-din (aged eight), left their father's city in some state, mounted on elephants in a procession led by camels and standard bearers, followed by an escort guard. |
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| Date | circa 1793 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history |
Royal Academy summer exhibition, Somerset House, 1797  , cat. no. 258 |
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| Source/Photographer | National Army Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 17:43, 13 January 2012 | | 1,000 × 725 (106 KB) | Ficusindica | Higher resolution image of the painting from the National Army Museum in London. http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/permanent-galleries/art-gallery/gallery-highlights/hostages-from-mysore |
| 00:42, 20 May 2006 |  | 531 × 394 (66 KB) | Jungpionier | "General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipoo Sultan’s sons as hostages" (c. 1793), painting by Robert Home (1752 -1834), exhibited at the Royal Academy 1797 Category:History paintings Category:History of India |
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