How The East India Company Tried To Use Paintings To Lionise Robert Clive – And Failed
The East India Company tried to use marble portrait statues commissioned by the company in 1760, depicting men dressed as Romans, to lionize Robert Clive. However, their attempt failed, as less than a decade later, Robert Clive’s reputation as a hero had collapsed. During Robert Clive’s lifetime, the East India Company commissioned two portraits showing […]
Meer Jafar Ali Khan – The Prince Who Defeated East India Company In House Of Commons
In 1856 as India or Hindustan or Bharat (whatever you wish to call) was about to burst into flames against the oppression of the English East India Company, one Indian Prince was on the verge of creating history in England. Meer Jafar Ali Khan fearlessly led the greatest legal counter attack against the corporation on […]
The East Offering Her Riches To Britannia
This is the story of The East offering her Riches to Britannia, a painting commissioned by the 24 Directors of the East India Company. In 1778, the directors of the East India Company installed an extravagant new painting in their London headquarters, East India House. Like much corporate art before and since, the quality of […]