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Illustration of an Indian woman holding a flower
Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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    RICHARD HOUSTON (1721-75)

    [George III]

    circa 1772

    RCIN 604355

    George III was critical of the East India Company. In 1769 he appointed Sir John Lindsay as ‘His Majesty’s Plenipotentiary to India’. Lindsay’s mission was to cultivate relationships with India’s rulers and to endeavour to maintain peace. The East India Company was oppose to Lindsay’s interference and had him recalled after just two years.
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