The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travellers in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the role it played in Indian life. They mirror significant shifts in British policy and at...

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Main Author:	McAleer, John 1978- (Author)
Format:	Map
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle University of Washington Press 2017
Subjects:	East India Company > London Geschichte 1700-1800 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1600-1858 Geschichte 1770-1880 Geschichte Kulturaustausch Indien > Motiv Handel Kunst Indien Großbritannien East India Company / History / In art India / History / In art India / History / British occupation, 1765-1947 / In art Art, British / 18th century Art, British / 19th century
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travellers in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the role it played in Indian life. They mirror significant shifts in British policy and attitudes towards India. The Company's story is one of wealth, power, and the pursuit of profit. It changed what people in Europe ate, what they drank, and how they dressed. Ultimately, it laid the foundations of the British Raj. But few historians have considered the visual sources that survive and their implications for the link between images and empire, pictures and power. This book draws on the unrivalled riches of the British Library, telling the story of individual images, their creators, and the people and places they depict. It will present a detailed picture of the Company and its complex relationship with India, its people and cultures
Physical Description:	217 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 29 cm
ISBN:	0712356959 9780712356954 9780295742939