Roma, Spiridione - East Offering its Riches to Britannia - postcard (East India)

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Spiridione Roma (1737–1781) was an Italian painter, best known for his work in England.

"The East offering its riches to Britannia"
Biography
He was born in Corfu; then a territory of the Republic of Venice. Little is written about his biography and training. He is best known for an allegorical ceiling piece, The East Offering its Riches to Britannia (1778), commissioned by the East India Company for the Revenue Committee Room in the East India House in London.[1] The painting generally represents the era's panegyric to Britain's imperial and colonialist domination. The painting shows Britannia seated in a rock, guarding the East India Company, represented as children behind her and shadowed by her veil. At the lower left the genius of the Ganges is shown pouring out a stream on Britannia’s footstool. To the right, under Mercury’s supervision, various Asian provinces present produce before the throne. At the centre is Calcutta, presenting a basket of jewels and pearls; China is shown with jars of porcelain and a chest of tea; Madras and Bombay present corded bales of textiles. In the distance an Indiaman bearing these treasures sets sail. ).[2] The painting is now in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. A reproduction is held in the British Library in London. Other works in British National Trust collections include An Illusionistic Gothic Patron's Pew, in the Extension of the Chapel (c.1769/1771).[3]