The East India Company Paintings

Indian Paintings of the British Period. Discover the illustrations of Indian customs by the Indian artists who recorded its many picturesque sights, monuments, deities, festivals, crafts and occupations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This book unveils their work, a blend of Indian and British styles which is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum by over 2,600 examples.

This book discusses the circumstances in which this type of painting evolved and describes and lists the Museum's collection according to the various regions in which it was produced. Many little-known styles of Company painting on mica, glass and ivory, and each section are prefaced by a historical note.