The India directors in the suds [graphic].

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Title: The India directors in the suds [graphic].
Published / Created: [1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: The administrators of the East India Company are confronted with the image of East Indian merchants. A letter of apology lies at the feet of the one director who stands up in fright, his chair overturned behind him
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate from: Town and country magazine, v. 4, supplement (1772), page 705.
Illustration to dialogue: The directors in the suds, or, The Jaghire dismayed at the ghosts of the black merchants.
Placement instructions above image: Vol. IV ; No. XXXIX.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 12 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Periodical illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Engravings England London 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Colebrooke, George, Sir, 1729-1809
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774
East India Company
Subject (Topic): Administration
East Indians
Merchants
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Colebrooke, George, Sir, 1729-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company > Administration
East Indians
Merchants
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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