East India Company Collection

Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. Artist: Johan Zoffany
Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. In an open-sided tent, East India Company officers and administrators sit and stand under a canopy

English grandee of the East India Company riding in an Indian procession, 1825-1830

John Wood Approaching Bombay, c1850. Artist: Joseph Heard
John Wood Approaching Bombay, c1850. At this time the East India Company was still governing India. The company was founded in 1600 to challenge the Dutch

East India Companys Packet Swallow, 1788. Artist: Thomas Luny
East India Companys Packet Swallow, 1788. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

The Storming of Delhi, the Cashmere Gate, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Storming of Delhi, the Cashmere Gate, 1857. This spirited Engraving, from an original Sketch, represents tha exciting scene of the storming of Delhi, at the Cashmere gate, by our brave troops

The Finding of the Body of Tippoo Sultan, published 1800. Creator: Samuel William Reynolds
The Finding of the Body of Tippoo Sultan, published 1800

The New Indian Council Chamber, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The New Indian Council Chamber, 1858. Meeting room in India House, London. View of...the chamber in which the new Council of India now holds its deliberations

The 70th Bengal Native Infantry messing, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The 70th Bengal Native Infantry messing, 1858. Indian soldiers in China. A scene which...may be witnessed daily down at the beach

The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The 70th Bengal Native Infantry drawing rations at the Commissariat Stores, Canton, 1858. Indian soldiers in China. The Bengalese drawing their rations make a rather good subject for the picturesque;

Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) receiving Tipu Sahib's Sons, c1792. Creators: Anon, Henry Singleton
Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) receiving Tipu Sahib's Sons Abdul Khaliq Sultan (1782-1806) and Mu'izz-ud-din Sultan (1783-1818) as hostages at Seringapatam 26 February 1792

Nawab Mir Jafar Khan (reigned 1704-1726), between 1760 and 1775. Creator: Unknown
Nawab Mir Jafar Khan (reigned 1704-1726), between 1760 and 1775

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig 1....two partners in an opium firm superintending the operations of their workmen...Fig

View of Fort Saint George at Madras, 1754. Creator: Unknown
View of Fort Saint George at Madras, 1754. Fort St. George on the Coromandel Coast, belonging to the East India Company of England

View of Fort William at Calcutta, 1754. Creator: Anon
View of Fort William at Calcutta, 1754. Fort William in the Kingdom of Bengal. Belonging to the East India Company of England

The siege of the city of Machilipatnam (Masulipatnam), 1675-1725. Creator: Anon
The siege of the city of Machilipatnam (Masulipatnam), 1675-1725. View of the city of Machilipatnam (Masulipatnam) on the Coromandel coast, India. Ships with Dutch flags at sea

Portrait of Reinier de Klerk, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, 1777

Portrait of Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, 1775-1777

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Margill, the Residence of the British Consul, near Bussorah, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Margill, the Residence of the British Consul, near Bussorah, [Basra], 1857. Engraving after a sketch by an officer belonging to the expeditionary force...Margill...is

The Persian Expedition - H.E.I.C. "Semiramis", Bushire, Resident's House, Sandbag Batteries, 1857
The Persian Expedition - H.E.I.C. [Honourable East India Company] "Semiramis", Bushire, Resident's House, Sandbag Batteries, 1857

The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer... 1857
The Persian Expedition - 64th Regiment and Bombay (4th) Rifles, the "Bombay" Steamer aground, Gun-boats, the "Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy", Hallilah Hill, 1857

The Persian Expedition - Island of Kishni, Harbour of Bunder Abbas, Fleet at Anchor, Persian...1857. Creator: Unknown
The Persian Expedition - Island of Kishni, Harbour of Bunder [Bandar] Abbas, Fleet at Anchor, Persian Coast, 1857. Sketch...by an officer, in the Bushire Roads

Portrait of Pieter Cornelis Hasselaer, Adviser to the Dutch East India Company and Burgomaster of Am Creator
Portrait of Pieter Cornelis Hasselaer, Adviser to the Dutch East India Company and Burgomaster of Amsterdam, with his Family, 1763

Portrait of Pieter Dircksz Hasselaer (1554-1616), after c.1610. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Pieter Dircksz Hasselaer (1554-1616), after c.1610. Copy after Cornelis van der Voort

His Royal Highness Prince Albert laying the Foundation-Stone of the Strangers Home, near Limehouse Church, 1856. Founding of a building...affording all the comforts

Searching for Rebel Santhals, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Searching for Rebel Santhals, 1856. In the Sketch representing the searching for Santhal rebels is a very fine elephant, the property of Mr

Attack by 600 Santhals upon a party of 50 Sepoys, 40th Regiment Native Infantry, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Attack by 600 Santhals upon a party of 50 Sepoys, 40th Regiment Native Infantry, 1856. Account from a British officer: On one occasion...we were surrounded by about 600 Santhals, who

The Hon. East India Company's Banquet at the London Tavern to Lieutenant-General Patrick Grant, C.B. The New Commander-in- Chief of Madras, 1856

Johan Boudaen Courten (1635-1716), Lord of St Laurens, Schellach and Popkensburg, 1668
Johan Boudaen Courten (1635-1716), Lord of St Laurens, Schellach and Popkensburg. Councillor of Middelburg and Director of the East India Company, 1668

Portrait of Jan Boudaen Courten (1635-1716), lord of St. Laurens, Schellach and... 1690-1753
Portrait of Jan Boudaen Courten (1635-1716), lord of St. Laurens, Schellach and Popkensburg, Judge and alderman of Middelburg, 1690-1753

David Nuyts, 1645. Creator: Jonas Suyderhoef
David Nuyts, 1645

Lord Cornwallis, 1799. Creator: William Ward
Lord Cornwallis, 1799

Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, [Iraq], 1850. The drawing from which the Engraving...is taken has been brought over by one of the Messrs

Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, n.d. Creator: Kronheim & Co. Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, n.d
Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, n.d

Bust of Viscount Gough, by G. G. Adams, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bust of Viscount Gough, by G. G. Adams, 1850. On Saturday evening last, the Hon. the East India Company entertained General Lord Gough and a distinguished party at the London Tavern

Monument lately erected in Lichfield Cathedral, to the 80th Regiment of Foot, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Monument lately erected in Lichfield Cathedral, [Lichfield, Staffordshire], to the 80th Regiment of Foot, 1850. The work is from the chisel of Peter Hollins, and consists of a black marble tomb

His Excellency Jung Bahadoor, Ambassador from the Court of Nepaul, 1850. Creator: Unknown
His Excellency Jung Bahadoor, Ambassador from the Court of Nepaul, 1850. The General's visit to this country is as Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Nepaul to the Queen of England

The International Exhibition: the Outram Shield, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Outram Shield, exhibited by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Testimonial manufactured by Messrs

Portrait of Henry Hudson, English navigator in ruff, 1609, (1937). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Henry Hudson, the English navigator, showing the ruff, reign of James I, 1609, (1937). Henry Hudson (c1565-1611) English sea explorer and navigator

The Battle of Plassey, (1757), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Plassey, (1757), 1890. The Battle of Plassey, a decisive victory for the British East India Company over the Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757

Court of Proprietors, East India Company, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Court of Proprietors, East India Company, 1844....a view of the General Court Room [in Leadenhall Street, London]. Its east side is occupied by rows of seats, which rise from the floor

G. Steevens, (1736-1800), 1830. Creator: Unknown
G. Steevens, (1736-1800), 1830. George Steevens (1736-1800) English Shakespearean commentator and director of the East India Company, educated at Eton College and at Kings College, Cambridge

Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) ruler of Mysore, a pioneer of rocket artillery deployed in the Anglo-Mysore War

The First Fleet of the East India Company Leaving Woolwich, 1601, (1890. ) Creator: Unknown
The First Fleet of the East India Company Leaving Woolwich, 1601, (1890). The East India Company formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region

Gedenkwaerdig bedryf in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina by Olfert Dapper, 1670. Found in the collection of Universiteitsbibliotheek, Amsterdam

Hawkins Presenting King Jamess Letter to the Great Mogul, 1608 (c1912). In 1607, William Hawkins commanded the ship (Hector)

General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. Creator: Unknown
General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. When the first Affghan war broke out Lieutenant Jacob accompanied the army of Lord Keane as far as Upper Scinde

The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. This meritorious officer, who had served continuously for thirty-two years in the service of Government in India

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