In a London museum, a visitor stops before a copy of an oil painting dated to about 1825. It shows Colin Mackenzie, a surveyor of the English East India Company, with three Indian helpers, one of them holding a telescope. A panel beside it explains that the empire Mackenzie studied ruled much of the south for over two centuries. Its kings fought neighbouring powers on their northern frontier, and they left inscriptions and temples across the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. The visitor wants to learn more about this empire and the people who recorded its story.
The original oil painting of which the visitor sees a copy was the work of which portrait painter?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Thomas Hickey
The painting of Mackenzie and his assistants is a copy of an oil painting by the portrait painter Thomas Hickey, dated c.1825.
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