(Many of the Indian nawabs
too began commissioning
imposing oil portraits by
European painters. You have
seen how the British posted
Residents in Indian courts
and began controlling the
affairs of the state, under-
mining the power of the king.
Some of these nawabs reacted
against this interference:
others accepted the political
and cultural superiority of
the British. They hoped to
socialise with the British, and
adopt their styles and tastes.
Muhammad Ali Khan was
one such nawab. After a
war with the British in the
1770s he became a dependant
pensioner of the East India
Company. But he nonetheless
commissioned two visiting
European artists, Tilly Kettle
and George Willison, to paint
his portraits, and gifted
these paintings to the King
of England and the Directors
of the East India Company.
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Many of the Indian nawabs
too began commissioning
imposing oil portraits by
European painters. You have
seen how the British posted
Residents in Indian courts
and began controlling the
affairs of the state, under-
mining the power of the king.
Some of these nawabs reacted
against this interference:
others accepted the political
and cultural superiority of
the British. They hoped to
socialise with the British, and
adopt their styles and tastes.
Muhammad Ali Khan was
one such nawab. After a
war with the British in the
1770s he became a dependant
pensioner of the East India
Company. But he nonetheless
commissioned two visiting
European artists, Tilly Kettle
and George Willison, to paint
his portraits, and gifted
these paintings to the King
of England and the Directors
of the East India Company.
The nawab had lost political
power, but the portraits alloweI need summary for this
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