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Foster 568
- Record Id:
- 032-003264662
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264662
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000457
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 568
- Title:
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Charles Grant (1746-1823). From an original portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of 1819. Director of the East India Company 1794-1816. Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Artist(s): Lucas, May Lancaster (fl. 1888-1910)
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Charles Grant (1746-1823), Painted c.1890 from an original portrait of 1819
Full-length seated figure facing half-right. Grant is seated in a red armchair, his right hand resting on the arm, his left on a red covered table on which lie papers, an ink-well and quill. He wears a black suit, white stock and his hair is white. A red curtain is draped on the top left-hand side.
84 by 60 ins (213 by 152 cms)
Presented by Major Grant, 1914
Charles Grant went to India 1767-71, as a private trader. He served in the Company's Bengal cadre 1772-90. After retirement he became an MP in 1802, a Director of the East India Company 1794-1803; Chairman 1805-06, 1809-10 and 1815-16. He was prominent in the Company's opposition to the policy of Marquess Wellesley; was a staunch supporter of missionary and educational work in India, and played a leading part in the establishment of Haileybury College. His eldest son (afterwards Lord Glenelg) was President of the Board of Control 1830-34 and Colonial Secretary 1835-39; while his second son, Robert, was Governor of Bombay from 1834~38.
The original painting is at Inverness Castle.
Reproduced: H. Morris, ‘The life of Charles Grant’ (London, 1904) 290; G. Smith,’ Twelve Indian statesmen’ (London, 1897), frontispiece.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264662
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264662
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
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- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1889
- End Date:
- 1891
- Date Range:
- c 1890
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 41
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Grant, Charles, 1746-1832
Lucas, May Lancaster, fl 1888-1910 - Subjects:
- Portraits