Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey ‘Clive of India’
By Nathaniel Dance Holland (National Trust, Powis Castle).
Clive probing the enemy lines
Clive on the roof of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula’s hunting lodge, by Richard Caton Woodville II.
Battle of Plassey, India, Seven Years’ War, June 1757
By Severino Baraldi.
Nawab’s artillery on its movable platform
By Richard Caton Woodville II.
Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757
By Francis Hayman.
Omichand’s ghost
Clive encounters the ghost of Omichand, a Sikh businessman and intriguer (portrayed by the author).
To fight or not to fight, Clive’s solitary thoughts before the Battle of Plassey
By Alan Stewart.
Arrival of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula before Clive’s post.
By Richard Caton Woodville II (colored by the author).
Clive in Plassey
By William Edward Stott.
Robert Clive sailing from the Bay of Bengal to the mouth of the Ganges
By English School.
Lord Clive commanded the British in the battle of Plassey.
By English School.
Battle of Plassey in 1757
The unexpected victory of the British over the young Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, by Peter Jackson.
Clive was sitting on the terrace watching the battle of Plassey
By Stewart Orr.
Siraj-ud-Daula’s escape from Plassey
By WRS (later) Stott.
Clive at Plassey, 1757
By William Heath.
Clive’s victory in India
By English School.
Plassey, 1757
By Hardy. E. Stuart.
battle of plassey
Trade card featuring the Battle of Plassey, published by Price’s Patent Candle Company.
Battle of Plassey, 1757
The artillerymen hold back the enemy with their 6-pounders, by Harry Payne (Tuck’s postcard).
battle of plassey
Cigarette card featuring the Battle of Plassey, published by Wills.
Mir Jafar and his son Miran handing over the treaty of 1757 to William Watts
By Henry Dixon & Son (coloured by the author).
Clive Schlag Inder und Franzosen in Plassey 23 June 1757
Clive defeated the Indians and French at Plassey on 23 June 1757 – Fritz Homann AG, History of Our World, Seven Years’ War.
Clive’s Army in the Mango Grove
By Alan Stewart (coloured by the author).
Clive of India
Clive secured India for the British Empire by defeating the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daula of the French school at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
battle of plassey
Cereal card featuring the Battle of Plassey, published by Weet-Bix (eBay).
Lord Clive’s meeting with Mir Jafar after the battle of Plassey
By James Godwin (coloured by the author).
notes
Ghost of Omichand – Before the Battle of Plassey in 1757, Clive had duped Omichand into taking away his share of the huge property. In this depiction, Omichand, wearing a feathered turban, appears from the clouds, gesturing to Clive. Clive, who is supported on all sides by a military officer, is frightened and starts to turn back. Omichand is standing under a tall palm tree, from whose branches a man dressed to the waist hangs by his wrists. A note stated that he was “a person under sentence of breech.” Below the title is engraved the beginning of a dialogue spoken by the ghost of Omichund: “What a sorrow, he cried, the lust for gold (that has ravaged my poor country), the robbers go on!”
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