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One Foot in Leadenhall Street and the other in the Province of Bengal
DUN-SHAW, 'One Foot in Leadenhall Street and the other in the Province of Bengal', Gillray caricatures an ambitious politician, Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville. Gillray depicts him in a mixture of Scottish and Indian dress, posed in imitation of the Colossus of Rhodes, astride the Leadenhall Street headquarters of the East India Company and Bengal, reaching for both the sun and moon. Published : 1788 Illustrated by James Gillray.
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British Library/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
AR9110981
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4082px × 6184px
Photo Credit
© British Library Board / Robana / Art Resource, NY
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EAST INDIA COMPANY
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