Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran (Sadiq Ali Khan Bahadur), with a number of British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757 NPG 5263

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Francis Hayman

This is a preliminary design for a much larger painting, now lost, which was one of the patriotic history paintings placed on display at Vauxhall Gardens in 1762 during the seven years' war with France. It was made by Francis Hayman and recreates the meeting between Robert Clive and Mir Jafar. Robert Clive's victory at Plassey in 1757 was decisive in establishing British rule in Bengal and confirmed his own reputation as a great military leader. Mir Jafar, one of the defeated Nawab's generals, allied... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.