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GEORGE CHINNERY. Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, both figures standing in front of the Nawab seated on his ‘masnad,’ while sitting on a sofa behind are Admiral Peter Rainier, Commander of the fleet in the East Indies, and General Sir John Caradoc, Commander-in-Chief Madras. Various wives are seated nearby, and other officers and officials of the court stand around. Inscribed in the artist’s hand in ink on the drawing: ‘Feby. 18, 1805’; and in pencil on the mount: ‘A durbar at Madras.’ And in William Prinsep’s hand: ‘By Chinnery.’. A durbar at Madras. 1805. Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 264 by 390 mm; laid down on a contemporary mount 290 by 420 mm. Source: WD 4463.

GEORGE CHINNERY. Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, both figures standing in front of the Nawab seated on his ‘masnad,’ while sitting on a sofa behind are Admiral Peter Rainier, Commander of the fleet in the East Indies, and General Sir John Caradoc, Commander-in-Chief Madras. Various wives are seated nearby, and other officers and officials of the court stand around. Inscribed in the artist’s hand in ink on the drawing: ‘Feby. 18, 1805’; and in pencil on the mount: ‘A durbar at Madras.’ And in William Prinsep’s hand: ‘By Chinnery.’. A durbar at Madras. 1805. Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 264 by 390 mm; laid down on a contemporary mount 290 by 420 mm. Source: WD 4463.
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Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, both figures standing in front of the Nawab seated on his ‘masnad,’ while sitting on a sofa behind are Admiral Peter Rainier, Commander of the fleet in the East Indies, and General Sir John Caradoc, Commander-in-Chief Madras. Various wives are seated nearby, and other officers and officials of the court stand around. Inscribed in the artist’s hand in ink on the drawing: ‘Feby. 18, 1805’; and in pencil on the mount: ‘A durbar at Madras.’ And in William Prinsep’s hand: ‘By Chinnery.’. A durbar at Madras. 1805. Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 264 by 390 mm; laid down on a contemporary mount 290 by 420 mm. Source: WD 4463.
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