Spiridione Roma
Spiridione Roma ( (1737–1781), also known as Spiridon or Spyridon Romas, was a Greek-Italian painter, best known for his work in England. Biography. He was born in Corfu, then a territory of the Republic of Venice. Little is written about his biography and training. He is best known for an allegorical ceiling piece, "The East Offering its Riches to Britannia" (1778), commissioned by the East India Company for the Revenue Committee Room in the East India House in London. The painting generally represents the era's panegyric to Britain's imperial and colonialist domination. The painting is described  in Gentleman's Magazine (1778) as follows: The painting is now in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. A reproduction is held in the British Library in London. Other works by Roma in the British National Trust collections include "An Illusionistic Gothic Patron's Pew, in the Extension of the Chapel" (c.1769/1771).