4950 x 3595 px | 41,9 x 30,4 cm | 16,5 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1834
Ubicazione:
East India House, Leadenhall Street, the City of London, United Kingdom
Altre informazioni:
East India House in Leadenhall Street in the City of London in England was the headquarters of the British East India Company. It was built on the foundations of the Elizabethan mansion Craven House to designs by the merchant and amateur architect Theodore Jacobsen and completed in 1729. Much of British India was governed from here until the British government took control of the Company's possessions in India on November 1, 1858.With the growth of the East India Company, additional space was required, and adjoining structures to either side were purchased and pulled down; East India House was extended and refaced to designs commissioned, after some canvassing among John Soane and George Dance, from Henry Holland, though the Company's Surveyor, architect Richard Jupp, insisted in overseeing construction. Work began in 1796. After Jupp's sudden death in April 1799, the construction was completed by Henry Holland.The Company's museum was housed in one extension, the library in the other.The building was put up for sale in 1868 and demolished in 1869;[9] the site is now occupied by the Lloyd's building. Some of its fittings, art collection and furniture were moved to India House.
