Main entry:

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Title & Author:

Company paintings : Indian paintings of the British period / Mildred Archer, assisted by Graham Parlett.

Publication:

London : The Museum ; Ahmedabad : Mapin Pub. Pvt. ; Middletown, NJ : Grantha Corp., 1992.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm

Series:

Indian art series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.
The Origins of Company Painting. Growth of the Collection -- 1. South India. Andhra (nos. 1-2). Trichinopoly (nos. 3-7). Madras (no. 8). Madura (nos. 9-13). Tanjore (nos. 14-28). Malabar and Coorg (nos. 29-30). Mysore (nos. 31-4) -- 2. Eastern and Upper India. Murshidabad (nos. 35-47). Patna (nos. 48-70). Calcutta (nos. 71-81). Benares (nos. 82-4). Puri (no. 85). Oudh (nos. 86-98) -- 3. Northern and Western India. Delhi and Agra (nos. 99-154). The Punjab (nos. 155-67). Rajasthan (nos. 168-73). Gujarat and Maharashtra (nos. 174-5) -- 4. Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malacca (nos. 176-86) -- 5. Other Media. Painting on Glass (nos. 187-90). Painting on Mica (nos. 191-242). Painting on Ivory and Shell (nos. 243-83).

Summary:

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Indian artists were commonly employed by the British East India Company and its servants to illustrate the manners and customs of India and to record its many picturesque sights, monuments, deities, festivals, crafts and occupations. Their work, a blend of Indian and British styles, is known as 'Company painting' and is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum by over 2,600 examples. In this catalogue, Dr Mildred.
Archer 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: Andhra, Trichinopoly, Madras, Madura, Tanjore, Malabar and Coorg, Mysore, Murshidabad, Patna, Calcutta, Benares, Puri, Oudh, Delhi and Agra, the Punjab, Rajasthan, Western India, Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka and Malacca. Many little-known styles of Company painting are described and illustrated,
Includes painting on mica, glass and ivory, and each section is prefaced by a historical note. The volume is richly illustrated and accompanied by an extensive bibliography, glossary and index.

ISBN:

0944142303
9780944142301
0944142176
9780944142172

Subject:

East India Company Art collections Catalogs.
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogs.
India Office Library and Records Catalogs.
East India Company
India Office Library and Records
Victoria and Albert Museum
Company painting Catalogs.
Watercolor painting Private collections England London Catalogs.
Watercolor painting England London Catalogs.
Aquarelle Collections privées Angleterre Londres Catalogues.
Aquarelle Angleterre Londres Catalogues.
Watercolor painting
Art museums
Company painting
Watercolor painting Private collections
Compagnieschilderkunst.
India In art Catalogs.
England London
India
Paintings

Form/genre:

Catalogs

Added entries:

Archer, Mildred.
Parlett, Graham.
Indian art series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227769
Call No.: ND2047 .V53 1992
Status: Available