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Creator:
Hannam, Emily
Title(s):
Eastern encounters : four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent / Emily Hannam.
Additional Title(s):
Four centuries of paintings and manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent
Published/Created:
London : Royal Collection Trust, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 31 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
ND1000 .H36 2018 (LC) Oversize
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13673846
Classification:
Books
Notes:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
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.
Subject Terms:
1600–1900
Art, Mogul Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Art, Mogul Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Art, Mughal Empire -- Exhibitions.
Art, Mughal Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Art, Mughal Empire.
Civilization.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul -- Exhibitions.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mughal Empire -- Exhibitions.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mughal Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mughal Empire.
India -- Mogul Empire.
India.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
Islamic miniature painting -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic miniature painting -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic miniature painting -- India -- Exhibitions.
Islamic miniature painting.
Miniature painting, Mogul -- India -- Exhibitions.
Miniature painting, Mogul Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Miniature painting, Mughal Empire -- India -- Exhibitions.
Miniature painting, Mughal Empire.
Mogul Empire -- Civilization -- Exhibitions.
Mogul Empire -- Civilization.
Mughal Empire -- Civilization -- Exhibitions.
Windsor Castle. Royal Library -- Exhibitions.
Windsor Castle. Royal Library.
Form/Genre:
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Contributors:
Queen's Gallery (London, England), host institution.
Royal Collection Trust, issuing body.
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  • 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.