Tippoo Saib's Two Sons taking leave of Their Mother
The young sons of Tipu Sultan, about to be delivered to Marquiss Cornwallis, one with his hands crossed over his breast, the other looking up to his mother, as she kneels to take leave of him, holding his hand, an old man and a woman with clasp...
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In Tipu Sultan's palace, Major Allen, standing in centre to left, addressing a group of pleading Indian women, as the Sultan's two sons, standing to right, are taken hostage; after Stothard; proof before letters.
Lord Cornwallis receiving the sons of Tipu as hostages
By Mather Brown
1792
Oil on metal fixed on panel, 44.5 x 52 cm
This two-part oil sketch is related to a series of three paintings Mather Brown produced to commemorate the military defeat of Tipu, the sultan of Mysore, by Lord Cornwallis, th...
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The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo from the Zenana; The Delivery of the Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the Hands of Lord Cornwallis, fine engravings by F. Bartolozzi after Mather Brown, mounted, framed and glazed, each approximately 482 x 612mm., D. Or...
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The Maharaja of Travancore and his younger brother welcoming Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Governor-General of Madras (1875-80), on his official visit to Trivandrum in 1880
oil on canvas, inscribed on the reverse in a contemporary hand Ravi Vurma Coil Tampooran, Ja...
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Illustration from the book:
INDIA
By Pierre Loti
Translated from the French by George A. F. Inman (of Bowdon)
Published by T. W. Laurie, London - 1913
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Illustration from the book:
INDIA
By Pierre Loti
Translated from the French by George A. F. Inman (of Bowdon)
Published by T. W. Laurie, London - 1913
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