This richly illustrated catalogue brings forth a fine collection of the Company style of paintings from five significant institutes of India: National Museum, New Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi; Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata; and Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. The catalogue highlights the continuation of the Indian artistic eth...

Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Elite. 3. Splendid Indian Maharajas. 4. Indian Aristocrats. 5. Europeans in India. 6. European print and Indian painting. 7. Ethnography. 8. Many paths, one reality. 9. Indian deities, processions and ceremonies. 10. Trades and professions. 11. Vignettes of everyday life. 12. Portraitures of women. 13. Empirical studies. 14. Indian architecture. 15. Studies of the natural world. Glossary. Bibliography. Acknowledgements.