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DescriptionLouis XVI Receives the Ambassadors of Tipu Sultan 1788 Voyer after Emile Wattier 19th century.jpg
English: Voyer after Charles Emile Wattier (French, 1800-1868): Louis XVI Receives the Ambassadors of Tipu Sultan in 1788, 19th century (before 1863), line engraving, for a illustration 15 x 20 cm. During the captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam, Tipu's embassy visited the court of the French King Louis XVI in 1788. Pope Clement XIV's representative conveyed the appeal to the embassy to allow the priests in Seringapatam.
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Louis XVI recevant les ambassadeurs de Tipu Sultan
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Ambassadeurs uit Mysore bezoeken de Franse koning Louis XVI. 18e-eeuwse illustratie.
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