Site Name: Mysore
Date: 1792 CE
Subject: The treaty terminating the Third Mysore War forced Tipu Sultan to cede half his kingdom, a large cash indemnity and two of his sons as hostages to the English. This scene was commemorated in paintings by Robert Home, Mather Brown and others, as well as in engravings and aquatints. [The defeated Tipu Sultan gives his sons as hostages to Lord Cornwallis]