2-715-009 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Lord Cornwallis receiving the Sons of Tippoo Saib', (c1780s), 1816. Charles Cornwallis, (1738-1805) British Army general and official, appointed Governor-General and of India, from 1789 -1792 led British forces in the Third Anglo-Mysore War to defeat the Mysorean ruler Tipu Sultan.. From "The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Vol. I", by Hewson Clarke, Esq. [T. Kinnersley, Limited, London, 1816]