Posted on: 29 January 2013

A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treaty of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East Indies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, where Indian and European men, nobles and soldiers are gathered, watching Sir Charles Warre Malet hand a scrolled paper to the Indian ruler sitting in the centre; a shrine with a statue of Ganesh, arched windows and niches other statues of Hindu deities in the wall to left; after Daniell.

Etched state dated 1805. 1807
Etching.

Annotated in pencil with the title and a dedication from the publisher to Malet, owner of the original.

© Trustees of the British Museum


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amazing! We never knew this existed. Thanks Rare Book Society of India.