Sujet

The East offering its riches to Britannia, 1778. Creator: Spiridione Roma.

Légende

The East offering its riches to Britannia, 1778. An allegorical ceiling piece celebrating Britain's dominance over the world. It was commissioned by the East India Company in 1777 for the Revenue Committee Room in East India House, London.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A23_443

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,1cm / 4960 x 3672 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wealth animal female women woman people black male library man men offering India religious Indian painting politics country religion shape lion law China Chinese trade guy crime color pearl necklace necklaces jewellery jewelry deity God political Baroque wealthy location century affluence Colonial empire riches pearls treasure cherub cherubs pearl necklace international relations concept vase mythology angelic Mercury controversy mythological oval British Library caduceus metaphor controversial putto Colour allegory Britannia allegorical allegorical figures 18th century allegorical figure cherubim Eighteenth Century looting artistic school British Empire colonialism East India Company East India House Hindoostan imperialism plunder plundering putti river god oval shaped east meets west Baroque Era sea god God of the sea amorini Heritage Art god of sea ming vase Spiridione Roma Roma Spiridione Roma Spiridone Spiridone Roma Spyridon Romas Romas Spyridon Spiridon Romas Romas Spiridon