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Spyridon Romas: The East Offering its Riches to Britannia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q18716075 |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | mythological painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The East offering its riches to Britannia. |
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Date |
1778 date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 228 cm (89.7 in); width: 305 cm (10 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,228U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,305U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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Current location |
London, England |
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Accession number |
Foster 245, |
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Object history | The East offering its riches to Britannia in an allegorical ceiling piece commissioned by the East India Company in 1777 for the Revenue Committee Room in East India House. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Representing_Calcutta/VoTYbSBbOxIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+East+Offering+its+Riches+to+Britannia&pg=PA37&printsec=frontcover (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
Originally published/produced in 1778. Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons. Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "
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