Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798, British, Charles Marquis Cornwallis Receiving the two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun as Hostages from the Vakeel, 1793
- Title:
- Charles Marquis Cornwallis Receiving the two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun as Hostages from the Vakeel
- Date:
- 1793
- Materials & Techniques:
- Color-printed mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 1/2 × 26 inches (57.2 × 66 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "Painted by Henry Singleton. | Publish'd August 15th 1793 by J.Grozer, No.8 Castle Street Leicester Square London. | Engraved by Joseph Grozer"; lower center: "The Right Honble. Charles Marquis Cornwallis receiving the two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun as Hostages from the Vakeel. | This Morning they were the Sons of the Sultaun my Master they now look up to your Lordship as their Father"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2016.25.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- canopy | children | historical subject | soldiers | swords | uniform
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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