BIB_ID
459663
Accession number
MA 176 E24
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : etching, hand colored ; image: 226 x 336 mm; plate mark: 247 x 349 mm; sheet: 250 x 384 mm
Notes
"A generalized attack on Hastings relating to the first or Benares charge of the impeachment. The rope round the raja's neck suggests that he has been confused with Nandakumar."--BM online catalog.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
Print shows Hastings (right) shrinking in terror at the apparition of Chait Singh (left) who emerges from clouds, a rope round his neck, his left hand raised threateningly; they stand on opposite sides of a rectangular table covered with a fringed cloth, behind which sits a lady reading a book which lies on the table, entitled "The State of India", her dress and large feathered hat heavily decked with jewels; Hastings, who wears oriental dress with a jewelled turban, has overturned his chair, and two Indian servants (right) stand behind Hastings; in the center of the wall, behind the lady, are shelves on which are money-bags, some inscribed "Rupees" and "Pagod[as]", jewels, and a large turban inscribed "Cheyt Syng".
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