Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.70
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
princes | costume | treaty | people | throne | men | historical subject | children | curtains | sons | general | hostage | soldier | officer (military officer)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 204-205, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:303