An ephemeral display within an ephemeral museum: the East India Company contribution to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857

This chapter seeks to reconstruct Saloon G at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Devoted primarily to objects from the Indian subcon-tinent, this section of the ground-breaking, blockbuster exhibition was drawn mostly from the holdings of the Honorable East India Company. India and Man...

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1. Verfasser: Pergam, Elizabeth A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:This chapter seeks to reconstruct Saloon G at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Devoted primarily to objects from the Indian subcon-tinent, this section of the ground-breaking, blockbuster exhibition was drawn mostly from the holdings of the Honorable East India Company. India and Manchester were linked through their common interest in cotton; however, there was surprisingly little commentary at the time about the connections. The turmoil in India that began days after the opening Art Treasures Palace had a decided impact on the objects that were on view to the public. With little extant documentation about the specif ic works on view, this chapter confronts mid-Victorian attitudes to the applied arts, as well as objects produced in the "colonies."
Beschreibung:Illustration, Plan
ISBN:978-94-6372-080-9