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Shah 'Alam, Mughal Emperor (1759–1806), Conveying the Grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive, August 1765   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Benjamin West  (1738–1820)  wikidata:Q313498 q:it:Benjamin West
 
Benjamin West
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 11 March 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
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London, Roma, Philadelphia
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creator QS:P170,Q313498
Title
Shah 'Alam, Mughal Emperor (1759–1806), Conveying the Grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive, August 1765
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: The Mughal emperor Shah Alam hands a scroll to Robert Clive, the governor of Bengal (Treaty of Allahabad), which transferred tax collecting rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company, August 1765
Date 1818
date QS:P571,+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 29 cm (11.4 in); width: 40 cm (15.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,29U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,40U174728
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Foster 29
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British Library https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders

http://searcharchives-beta.bl.uk/permalink/f/ja42l1/IAMS032-003264600
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