A bust portrait of a man wearing a turban covered in jewels, carrying a bulse. On the wall behind is a plan of the Battle of Hastings. In 1786 Warren Hastings forwarded a giant diamond from the Nizam of the Deccan as gift for George III, which was reported as a bribe from Hastings by his enemies
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For possibly related prints, see no. 6966 and no. 6978 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Nizām ʻAlī Khān, Nizam of Hyderabad, 1734-1803. and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[30 April 1795]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, bust, three-quarter to left, looking towards the viewer, with a top hat, curled hair at ears, frilled front shirt, open dark waistcoat and jacket; in an oval; after Stubb's enamel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statements of responsibility and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1868,0808.1652., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 344 (leaf numbered '166' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published April 30, 1795, by G.T. Stubbs, 86 High Street, Mary'bone
Subject (Geographic):
India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
"Portrait of Warren Hastings, as an elderly man; half-length seated directed slightly to right, elbows on the arms of his chair, holding a paper in his right hand, spectacles in the other, looking down, wearing a double-breasted coat, pale waistcoat and white cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 317 (leaf numbered '141' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 9, 1815, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
