File:The Old East India House in Leadenhall Street 1648 to 1726.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionThe Old East India House in Leadenhall Street 1648 to 1726.jpg |
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print (all objects) Title (object) The Old East India House in Leadenhall Street 1648 to 1726 Materials paper (all objects) Techniques letterpress (all objects) etching (scope note | all objects) Production person Print made by Anonymous (all objects) Date 1820-1840 Schools /Styles British (all objects) Description View of the building before it was rebuilt in 1726, showing the old timber frame, and with images of sailing boats, fish and a statue at the top, a coat of arms below, man standing near entrance; a paragraph of letterpress on the history of the company below the image; copy after an old Dutch painting. c.1830 Etching with letterpress Inscriptions Inscription Content: Lettered below image with title, followed by "From a painting in the possession of Mr Pulham of the India House 12 Inches by 8", and above image in Dutch "Het Huis Van Den Oost Indische Compagnie in Londen", and with fifteen lines of letterpress below image, beginning "The earliest information relating to the establishment of the East India Company is to be gathered from the account of a meeting of London Merchants..."
Acquisition date 1978 |
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between 1820 and 1840 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Source | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1978-U-3639 |
Author | Print made by Anonymous |
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