PY9921

East India House Long Caption: The British headquarters of the East India Company were in Leadenhall Street in London. This engraving was made after the building had been rebuilt in 1799. By 1817 the East India Company, which had held the monopoly of trade with the east since 1600, was coming under attack from the supporters of free trade, and its sole trading rights to India would soon be revoked by the British Parliament. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAH9921 Artist: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (artist) (artist); Joseph Constantine Stadler (engraver); Rudolph Ackermann (publisher) Date: 1817 Medium: coloured aquatint Size: 495 mm x 665 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.