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GAME OF THRONES IN AN ‘ASIATIC WORLD’: HENRIETTA CLIVE AND ANNA TONELLI IN

BRITISH INDIA

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FIG 1 Maharaja Sarabhoji of Tanjore, 1800, Anna Tonelli

(c. 1763–1846), watercolour on paper, 20 x 21.5cm,

Powis Castle, Powys Photo: © National Trust Images/Kate Lynch

The drawings commissioned from Anna Tonelli by Henrietta Clive were integral to the expansion of British power in India, explains JOHN CHU