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| Keywords: Clive.jpg ca 1760 Oil on canvas size mm 1003 1270 National Portrait Gallery London Primary Collection object history This painting was purchased in 1979 by the National Portrait Gallery with help from The Art Fund credit line This is the preliminary design of the final much larger painting which was exhibited as a patriotic painting at Vauxhaull Gardens in 1762 during the Seven Years' War with France The final painting is now lost Hayman had never been to India which might account for the discrepancies and awkwardness of appearances and poses of the elephant and the subjects NPG 5263 http //www sterlingtimes org/memorable_images56 htm http //www sterlingtimes org/clive_of_india jpg <br> NPG link http //www npg org uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01347/Robert-Clive-and-Mir-Jafar-after-the-Battle-of-Plassey-1757 <br> Current image source http //www museumsyndicate com/images/5/49228 jpg PD-old-70-1923 <gallery> File Clive jpg NPG version larger </gallery> Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive Battle of Plassey 1760s paintings from India History of British India Art of British India War elephants of India Francis Hayman Najafi Nawabs of Bengal Mir Jafar | ||||
