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Spyridon Romas: The East Offering its Riches to Britannia  wikidata:Q116680331 reasonator:Q116680331
Artist
Spyridon Romas  (1730–1786)  wikidata:Q18716075
 
Alternative names
Spyridon Romas, Spiridione Roma, Σπυρίδων Ρώμας, Spyridon Roma
Description Greek painter
Date of birth/death 1730 Edit this at Wikidata 15 June 1786 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corfu London
Work period 1774 Edit this at Wikidata–1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London; Livorno; Corfu; Lecce Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q18716075
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Title
American English:
The East Offering its Riches to Britannia Edit this at Wikidata

The East Offering its Riches to Britannia
title QS:P1476,en-us:"The East Offering its Riches to Britannia Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len-us,"The East Offering its Riches to Britannia Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The East Offering its Riches to Britannia"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The East offering its riches to Britannia.
Date 1778
date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 228 cm (89.7 in); width: 305 cm (10 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,228U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,305U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Current location
London, England
Accession number
Foster 245,
Object history The East offering its riches to Britannia in an allegorical ceiling piece commissioned by the East India Company in 1777 for the Revenue Committee Room in East India House.
References https://www.google.com/books/edition/Representing_Calcutta/VoTYbSBbOxIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+East+Offering+its+Riches+to+Britannia&pg=PA37&printsec=frontcover (English) Edit this at Wikidata
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Originally published/produced in 1778.

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Catalogue entry: IOSM F245

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