Similar
Atlas Schoemaker-UTRECHT-DEEL1-3127-Utrecht, Amersfoort
Ballet Carneval von Venedig Berlin 1827
Jean Baptiste Scotin - La chasse aux oiseaux [image populaire]
Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 10 novembre 1787, 36e cahier, 2e année, Pl. 1
The Stalled Procession - Claude Gillot
Gjesvål prospect II. A painting of a view of a town with a church Norway
Aeneas op Delos - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication
Flemish Manufactory - Kermesse - Google Art Project
Vue du Chateau de Biberstein dans le Canton de Berne
Related
A military officer of the East India Company (cropped)
A soldier of the West India Regiment.
Arms of the Hnourable The East India Company
East India Company docks - Public domain engraving
Een zwarte soldaat in dienst van de Britse Oost-Indische Compagnie
Een zwarte soldaat in dienst van de Britse Oost-Indische Compagnie
Candidates of India Company, U.S. Marine Corps Officer
Candidates of India Company, U.S. Marine Corps Officer
Candidates of India Company, U.S. Marine Corps Officer
A military officer of the East India Company
Summary
The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one shows a military officer of the East India Company. The Indian artist has used the native technique and the style of the late Mughal Murshidabad school of painting. However, the style is moving in the direction of Company painting. The tree in particular shows the influence of European watercolours. The river is probably the Bhagirathi in West Bengal.
The British East India Company was the first joint-stock corporation to be formed in England, and it eventually became one of the most powerful trading companies in the world, with a virtual monopoly on trade in India and the East Indies. The East India Company or the British East India Company and informally as John Company was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. Permission was granted, and on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea. On 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to "George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses" under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies. The governance of the company was in the hands of one governor and 24 directors or "committees", who made up the Court of Directors. They, in turn, reported to the Court of Proprietors, which appointed them. Ten committees reported to the Court of Directors. According to tradition, business was initially transacted at the Nags Head Inn, opposite St Botolph's church in Bishopsgate, before moving to India House in Leadenhall Street. The company played a key role in the spread of British influence in India and the development of the British Empire. However, it also became involved in corruption and exploitation, and it was eventually dissolved in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 14 East India company ideas - Pinterest
- . English: The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India ...
- . English: The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India ...
- . English: The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India ...
- File:A military officer of the East India Company.jpg
- A military officer of the East India Company Stock Photo - Alamy
- Category:Company style - Wikimedia Commons
- Officer paintings search result at PaintingValley.com
- Shop Asia (Indian Subcontinent) Books and Collectibles - AbeBooks
- The Sepoy Rebellion. - ppt download