Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by...

Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, both figures standing in front of the Nawab seated on his 'masnad' while sitting on a sofa behind are Admiral Peter Rainier, Commander of the fleet in the East Indies, and General Sir John Caradoc, Commander-in-Chief Madras. Various wives are seated nearby, and other officers and officials of the court stand around. Inscribed in the artist's hand in ink on the drawing: 'Feby. 18, 1805'; and in pencil on the mount: 'A durbar at Madras'. And in William Prinsep's hand: 'By Chinnery'. A durbar at Madras Illustrator: Chinnery, George 1805 Source/Shelfmark: WD 4463 Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 264 by 390 mm; laid down on a contemporary mount 290 by 420 mm.