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Foster 16
- Record Id:
- 032-003264592
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264592
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000411
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 16
- Title:
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Raja Chandu Lal, Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad, 1809-43. Three-quarter length portrait. The figure is shown dressed in a white muslin robe and turban. Artist(s): Williams, John Godwin (fl. 1813-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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Raja Chandu Lal, Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad, 1809-43, painted c.1836
Three-quarter length portrait. The figure is shown dressed in a white muslin robe and turban, sitting sideways against a scarlet cushion and green background.
30 by 25 ins (76 by 63.5 cms)
Presented by Mrs. Moore, n.d.
Engraved: Mezzotint by C.Turner, 1844
Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, ‘The Raj’, 1990, no.231.
Raja Chandu Lal was virtual ruler of the Nizam’s dominions. Sir Charles Metcalfe on 22 February 1826 commented that Chandu Lal ‘has the plausibility ascribed to Satan, and would assuredly deceive those the most who most trust him.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264592
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264592
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1835
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- c 1836
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Former Internal References:
- F16
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 47-48
- Exhibitions:
- The Raj: India and the British, National Portrait Gallery, London, 14 October 1990 - 17 March 1991
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chandu Lal, Peshkar of Hyderabad, 1766-1845
Williams, John Godwin, fl 1813-1837 - Subjects:
- Portraits