AFTER HENRY SINGLETON (1766-1839) THE DEPARTURE OF THE SONS OF TIPPOO FROM THE ZENANA; MARQUIS CORNWALLIS RECEIVING THE SONS OF TIPPOO A pair, oil on metal Each 56 x 76cm approx. (2) * As security on a payment of reparations subsequent to the Treaty of Mysore, the surrender of two of Tippoo's sons was demanded. Abd al-Khaliq and Muizz al-Din (aged 10 and 8) were received into the personal care of Lord Cornwallis with much fanfare. The 3rd Anglo-Mysore War ended in 1792 after the signing of the Treaty of Seringapatam, in which Tippoo had surrendered half his kingdom to the British East Indiapany. These subjects were probably derived from the engravings by Bartolozzi and Grozer respectively (1793, 1799). ++ Some craquelure; a little scattered retouching; each needs a light clean