Lord Clive Meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey
Francis Hayman · 1760
Why it's great
After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, Robert Clive of the East India Company meets Mir Jafar, the Indian ruler he helped put in power, in a scene from the global Seven Years' War. Francis Hayman painted it around 1760.
🏛️ Part of history
The Seven Years' War & the End of New France (1754–1763) — After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, Robert Clive of the East India Company meets Mir Jafar, the Indian ruler he helped put in power, in a scene from the global Seven Years' War.
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Francis Hayman was an English painter born in Exeter in 1708. He worked in London, painting scenes for the pleasure gardens at Vauxhall and large history pictures, and was one of the founders of the Royal Academy. He died in London in 1776.
