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Foster 639
- Record Id:
- 032-003264675
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264675
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000464
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 639
- Title:
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Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (1807-86). East India Company Bengal Civil Service 1826-38, and Governor of Madras 1859-60. A full-length portrait. Artist(s): Fonceca, John Joseph (1817-1895)
- Scope & Content:
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Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet (1807-86), c.1861
A full-length portrait, facing right. He wears dark ceremonial dress with the red cordon of the insignia of the Bath. He holds a sword in his left hand and his plumed hat is in the crook of his right arm. On the left is a table with papers and books. A curtain with tassels is drawn back to show Government House, Madras, on the right.
Formerly inscribed on back of picture: ‘John J Fonceca Pinxit, Madras 1861’
Oil on canvas; 108 by 60 ins (221 by 152 cms)
Presented by Mrs. A.M. Fox, 1927
Trevelyan served with the East India Company 1826-38, retiring as Secretary to the Board of Revenue. He wrote on education and supported Macaulay on the issue of education through English. From 1840 to 1859 he was Assistant Secretary to the Treasury and reported on reforms in the civil service. He returned to India as Governor of Madras, March 1859-June 1860, but was recalled for publishing his opposition to the financial policy of the Government of India. He became however, Financial Member of the Supreme Council 1863-65. K.C.B., 1848.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264675
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264675
- 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:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- c 1861
- 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), 24-25
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fonceca, John Joseph, artist, 1817-1895
Trevelyan, Charles Edward, 1807-1886 - Subjects:
- Portraits