George Edward Graham, son of John Graham, was painted in 1774, he would go on to fight in the Flanders campaign #bsecspg16

George Edward Graham portrayed in a fantasy indian landscape, portrait held at Wimpole Hall, Cambridge #bsecspg16

India, with the EAC's debts growing, was seen as a liability in the late C18th #bsecspg16

1773-83 - govt regulation acts attempted to regulate EIC, popular press critical of the EIC #bsecspg16

The Impey family in Calcutta, Zoffany, 1783 - defence of EIC practices, subtle hierarchy of british over indians #bsecspg16

Boy with his Ayah, Thomas Hickey, 1784 - white skinned boy presented erotically in contrast with black servant back to viewer #bsecspg16

fears of miscegenation provoked by images of Ud and Hickey's painting #bsecspg16

By the end of the C18th images of children in India are far more pessimistic #bsecspg16

Cornwallis receiving the sons of Tipu as hostages, Orme, 1792, - provokes comparison between Cornwallis and Richard III #bsecspg16

Portraits reflect key changes in art, childhood, and anglo-indian relations #bsecspg16

Kettle, Hickey and others created an aesthetic of Anglo-indian and indian childhood #bsecspg16

After 3rd Mysore war Tipu's children were raised by British subjects #bsecspg16

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