Lord Cornwallis Receives Tipu Sultan's Sons as Hostages

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Lord Charles Cornwallis receives two of Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-1792), oil on canvas painting by Robert Home, circa 1793.

National Army Museum, London.

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Home, R. (2024, July 12). Lord Cornwallis Receives Tipu Sultan's Sons as Hostages. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19207/lord-cornwallis-receives-tipu-sultans-sons-as-host/

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Home, Robert. "Lord Cornwallis Receives Tipu Sultan's Sons as Hostages." World History Encyclopedia, July 12, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19207/lord-cornwallis-receives-tipu-sultans-sons-as-host/.

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Home, Robert. "Lord Cornwallis Receives Tipu Sultan's Sons as Hostages." World History Encyclopedia, 12 Jul 2024, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19207/lord-cornwallis-receives-tipu-sultans-sons-as-host/.

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