Warren Hastings (1732-1818) Governor General of India

Location

Country: India
City: Kolkata
Place: British Deputy High Commission

People

Warren Hastings (1732 - 1818)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, Neo-Classicism, man, Governor General of India, diplomat

Materials & Techniques

marble, bust (as object name), marble bust

Artist

Thomas Banks (1735 - 1805)

Title

Warren Hastings (1732-1818) Governor General of India

Date

1796

Medium

Marble bust

Dimensions

height: 66.00 cm, width: 47.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by J Rochelle Thomas (The Georgian Galleries), February 1954

Inscription

bc: INGRATA PATRIA

Provenance

Commissioned by William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, later Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805) for Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square; by descent; sold through Christie's, 'Lansdowne House' sale, on 6 March 1930 (Lot 35; with 'wood pedestal carved with dolphins and foliage, and painted white'), for £84.0.0; from which sale purchased by J. Rochelle Thomas (of The Georgian Galleries), King Street, London SW1; by whom presented to the Ministry of Works in 1954

GAC number

2680