- CA ON00239 F1424-1127
- Item
- 1792
Part of Shortt-Haydon collection
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Warren Hastings, born 1732 and died 1818, English statesman, who was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and thereby the first de facto Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785. Engraved by Conde, after a bust by Mr. Banks in the possession of William Seward, Esq. Published as the Act directs for the proprietors of J. Good (Bend Street).