997069 Portrait of John Buller of Trenant, Cornwall, 1790s (oil on canvas) by Home, Robert (1752-1834); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Buller travelled to India in search of a career and fortune. He began, when still a teenager, as an East India Company ???riter??in Bengal in 1777. He soon progressed rapidly up the Company ladder, becoming a ???ollector??in Tipperah (present day Tripura), a post that made him proxy-ruler of a large area of East Bengal, the wealthiest part of British India.); Photo 穢 Philip Mould Ltd, London; English, out of copyright.