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Eastern encounters : four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent
- Title
- Eastern encounters : four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent / Emily Hannam.
- Author
- Hannam, Emily
- Publication
- London : Royal Collection Trust, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 31 cm
- Summary
- This publication showcases the Royal Library's world-class collection of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent. These elegant masterpieces comprise a variety of subject matter, from dazzling Mughal durbars to sensuous poetic scenes. Combined with engaging new scholarship tracing the 400-year history of gift-giving between Britain and India's royal courts, this will be the first time many of these works have been published.
- Alternative Title
- Four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent
- Subject
- Windsor Castle. Royal Library > Exhibitions
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire > India > Exhibitions
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts > India > Exhibitions
- Miniature painting, Mogul Empire > India > Exhibitions
- Islamic miniature painting > India > Exhibitions
- Art, Mogul Empire > India > Exhibitions
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire > Exhibitions
- Art, Mogul Empire > Exhibitions
- Art, Mogul Empire
- Civilization
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Islamic miniature painting
- Miniature painting, Mogul Empire
- Mughal Empire > Civilization > Exhibitions
- India
- India > Mogul Empire
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom in June 2018.
- Highlights from the collections of South Asian paintings and manuscripts in the Royal Library, Wndsor Castle.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Introduction -- Early encounters: the Stuarts and the great Mughals -- Georges, Nawas and nabobs: a 'very splendid' collection is formed -- Queen Victoria and the Raj: gifts for the Queen Empress -- Mementos and modern masterpieces: the South Asian collections of King George V and Queen Mary -- Catalogue.
- Call Number
- ND1000
- ISBN
- 9781909741454
- 1909741450
- LCCN
- 2018404683
- OCLC
- 969981997
- Author
- Hannam, Emily, author.
- Title
- Eastern encounters : four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent / Emily Hannam.
- Publisher
- London : Royal Collection Trust, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
- Added Author
- Queen's Gallery (London, England), host institution.Royal Collection Trust, issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR ND1000 .H36 2018