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Richard Colley Wellesley
(1760-1842)
The Most Noble Richard Colley Wellesley
Marquis Wellesley
Knight of the most Illustrious Order of
St Patrick
Governor General of India
Captain General of His
Majesty's the Honourable East India Company
Engraved by James Heath from the
painting by Robert Home.
Published by T Daniell, dated 1 March 1804 from a portrait of 1799.
64cm x 46cm.
Image supplied by V Narayan Swami who
adds:
The location of the drawing is Clive House, Fort St George,
Madras (Clive House still stands, is in excellent shape and houses the
Arch Survey of India). It is named after the 2nd Lord Clive who was
Governor and lived there until Wellesley moved to Madras to direct the
Tipoo campaign and moved into the house himself. Clive then built
himself a beautiful Govt House outside the fort (sadly demolished 5 years
back) but the magnificent Banqueting Hall is still in excellent shape
and in active use. Through the open doorway can be seen the
steeple of St Mary's, Clive House being directly behind the church which
is the oldest Anglican church east of Suez, having been built in
1680. On the table, next to the ink wells is the rolled up
Treaty of Seringapatam, the carving up of Tipoo's dominions between
the Englsih who got the lion's share and the Nizam and the
Marathas.
(Home) (James Heath) |
