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The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860

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"The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deities. The book takes a chronological approach and focuses on provenance to show that objects are valuable primary resources for understanding the East India Company's history. The artworks illustrate how one of the longest surviving ...

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The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860 2023, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781032361178

Hardcover