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Plate given to the Royal Engineers by Indian engineer officers, 1871. Creator: Unknown.

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Plate given to the Royal Engineers by Indian engineer officers, 1871. 'General Sir John Cheape, in the name of the Engineer officers formerly in the Hon. East India Company's service, presented to the Royal Engineers' Mess a piece of plate as a token of the union of the two corps, amalgamated in 1862, and as a pledge of brotherly goodwill. It is a tazza upon a silver base...Upon the foot...are representative figures of England and India, having between them shields containing the arms of the Royal Engineers and of the East India Company's Engineers. The body of the tazza is enriched by a frieze, which represents figures of Victory wreathing laurel around medallion portraits of distinguished Engineers...It is surmounted by a figure of Victory. The ornamentation is Indian, elaborately wrought, the surface being entirely covered. The base is of embossed silver, with Indian ornament, and contains reliefs of "The Breach at the Cashmere Gate, "Delhi," and of "Seringapatam," and panels with the inscriptions and a list of the most celebrated sieges and military operations in which the corps of Indian Engineers has taken part. This plate has been manufactured by Messrs. Hancock and Co., Bruton-street. It was designed by Mr. H. H. Armstead, sculptor'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A61_365

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16,2Mo (625,5Ko) / 16,0cm x 25,4cm / 1893 x 3000 (300dpi)

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symbolic India Indian arts politics country metal art trade British ornate silver political military war gift present location Armed Forces century Colonial empire victory Britain newspapers press print artefact international relations concept controversy artifact B&W embossed Army warfare controversial engraved engraving Re Regiment allegory 19th century black & white black and white B W Britannia allegorical armed services allegorical figure British Army nineteenth century The Print Collector artistic school British Empire British Raj colonialism East India Company Hindoostan Illustrated London News imperialism Raj Royal Engineers wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown The Raj Hancock John British India Son & Co Henry Hugh Armstead Armstead Henry Hugh Henry Armstead Charles Frederick 19th-century Charles Frederick Hancock C F Hancock C F C. F. Hancock C. F. The Illustrated London News John Cheape Cheape General Sir John Cheape