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[Meeting of the Board of Directors of the East India Co. in the East Indian House, London] – Historic Print

[Meeting of the Board of Directors of the East India Co. in the East Indian House, London] — historic photograph
[Meeting of the Board of Directors of the East India Co. in the East Indian House, London]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Meeting of the Board of Directors of the East India Co. in the East Indian House, London] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The particular thing about this picture is that it reproduces an engraving of the East India Company's board of directors meeting in the East India House, the company's headquarters in the City of London. The record describes it as a photograph of an engraving, dated roughly to 1845 and filed among German historical prints. The East India Company, chartered in 1600, ran much of India's trade and governance for more than two centuries before the British Crown took over direct rule in 1858. Images of its boardroom like this one show the men who directed that commercial power at work, a useful record of how a private trading firm came to shape a subcontinent.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1845?
SubjectsPhoto of engraving. In collection: German historical prints and photographs, 1840-1900. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Commerce; East India Company (English; Gt. Brit.--England--L- --Buildings; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,371 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129305

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