Portrait of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess of Cornwallis, Governor-General of India

Title
Portrait of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess of Cornwallis, Governor-General of India
Year/Period
1795
Region
London
Object Type
stipple engravings (prints)
Material
Wove Paper
Technique
Stipple engraving with soft-ground etching
Dimension
Image size: 31.7 x 25.0 cm,
Object size: 35.4 x 29.0 cm
Accession No.
2017-01010
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess of Cornwallis, was the Governor-General of India from 1786 to 1793. It was during his tenure that the Third Anglo-Mysore War took place, with the defeat of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. This print was based on an original portrait of Cornwallis by Henry Walton.

 

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