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Foster 887

Record Id:

032-003264739

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003264739

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Foster 887

Title:

East India Company coat of arms, originally hung above the Chairman’s seat in the the Director’s Court Room at East India House, Leadenhall Street

Scope & Content:

The East India Company's coat of arms, c.1730.

Wood, carved, painted and gilded. 130 by 152 cm

After 1709 the Company adopted the arms granted to the ‘New’Company in 1698, incorporating the royal arms and cross of St. George on the central shield, which is surmounted by a turbanned casque and acanthus scrolling and supported by two lions rampant each bearing the flag of St. George. Beneath is the motto: ‘auspicio regis et senatus Angliae,’ refering to the charters granted to the Company by act of Parliament.

The coat of arms was originally placed on a pediment above the Chairman’s seat in the the Director’s Court Room at East India House, Leadenhall Street, and at the sale of the contents in 1860 was put up for auction and sold for £7.10.0. It was later acquired by Louis Forbes, a retired Madras Civil Servant, who presented it to the Secretary of State for India in January 1891. It was placed near the Council Chamber of the India Office in King Charles Street until 1968.

Literature: W. Foster, ‘A Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings, Statues, &c., in the India Office’ (London, 1924), p.44; J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.6.

Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, ‘The Raj’, 1990, no.54.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Directors Court Room
India Office Sculptures

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003264739

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Hierarchy:

032-003264739

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

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Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1729

End Date:

1731

Date Range:

c 1730

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: wood; painted; gilt

Material Type:

Artefacts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

East India Company, 1600-1858

Subjects:

East India Company
Heraldry
Occupations
trade and commerce