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WD1342
- Record Id:
- 032-003268022
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268022
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001177
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1342
- Title:
-
Coat of Arms of the Honourable East India Company. Also five small rubbings
from the bindings of book
- Scope & Content:
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Coat of Arms of the Honourable East India Company. Also five small rubbings from the bindings of books depicting (1) the 'Old East India Company's' Arms; (2) the Honourable East India Company's Arms in 1745, (3) in 1786, (4) in 1825; (5) the Arms of Haileybury College.
Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Old Company; 1745; 1786; 1825; Haileybury College.’
Pencil and pencil rubbings; size of sheet 21.5 by 13 ins.
Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Note: The 'London East India Company', commonly called the 'Old Company', was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth on 31 December 1600 under the title of ‘The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. The English Company trading to the East Indies,’ commonly called the 'New Company', was incorporated by William III on 5 September 1698. These two Companies were finally amalgamated in 1708-9 under the title of ‘The United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies,’ commonly called the Honourable East India Company. When the 'Old Company' amalgamated with the 'New Company' in 1708-9, the insignia of the latter body were adopted for the joint association.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003268022", "parent" : "#", "text" : "WD1342: Coat of Arms of the Honourable East India Company. Also five small rubbings from the bindings of book" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268022
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268022
- 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:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1800-1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: pencil; pencil rubbings
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 371
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
- Subjects:
- East India Company
Occupations
trade and commerce