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The Coming of the Monsoons, or The Retreat from Seringapatam, published by Hannah Humphrey in...

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NCO190106
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The Coming of the Monsoons, or The Retreat from Seringapatam, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1791 (hand-coloured etching)
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Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English
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Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Date
1791 AD (C18th AD)
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The Retreat from Seringapatam; Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) retreats from the city of Seringapatam during the Third Mysore War (1790-92) after failing to maintain supply lines against the Indian army of Tipu Sultan (1750-99); reference to Shakespeare's Falstaff, satirical commentary on Cornwallis;

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