Légende

Lord Clive and the Nawab of Bengal, 1773. Lord Clive receiving from Siraj Ud Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, the grant of a sum of money. In 1756 the Nawab had taken the city of Calcutta. In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, Clive and British troops secured Bengal under the control of the East India Company, and therefore British rule. Lord Clive was rewarded with an annual salary of £30,000, and the sum of £234,000.

Date

1773

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A14_472

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 33,7cm x 37,1cm / 3982 x 4387 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male child children library man men hat India Asia Indian infant baby babies country hats trade guy costume bengal clothes British weapon weapons headdress color royal infancy dress traditional costume turban turbans war cannon location century Colonial empire gesturing Britain clothing blade royalty concept battle controversy APPAREL British Library hand gesture headgear dagger warfare controversial head-dress head dress Colour weaponry 18th century armaments Eighteenth Century tricorn tricorne tricornes Battle of Plassey British Empire colonialism colonialist East India Company Hindoostan imperialism imperialist nawab TGN traditional dress Robert Clive Siraj Ud Daulah Robert S Baron Edward Penny E Penny Clive Lord Clive Clive of India 1st Baron Clive of Plassey Plassey Siraj Ud Siraj Mirza Mohammad Sirajud nabob Daulah Siraj ud-Daulah ud-Daulah Mirza Mohammad Sirajud Dawla Dawla Penny Edward tradition dress Heritage Art clothing & dress fashion & clothing imperialists colonialists Lord Robert Clive