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Asian lascars onboard the Bengalen, 1910.

Asian lascars onboard the Bengalen, 1910.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (NMM) N47905


Company painting of four women selling food-grains, vegetables and fruit, Patna, 1850.

Company painting of four women selling food-grains, vegetables and fruit, Patna, 1850.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (V&A) IS.66-1949


Father and son asleep on a mat in a temple courtyard in Calcutta.

Father and son asleep on a mat in a temple courtyard in Calcutta.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (BL) T11019 (photo)

  

Calcutta in the early 19th century

James Baillie Fraser went to Calcutta in 1813 to work with the family firm. In his spare time he painted, and his watercolours of the city were later published.

* Calcutta in the early 19th century

Captain Robert Grindlay

Robert Melvile Grindlay came to India in 1803. He was particularly interested in the connection between Hindu and Egyptian architecture, and between 1826 and 1830 produced a book of very high quality paintings of India.

* Captain Robert Grindlay

Cecil Beaton's Indian Album

In 1944, the society and fashion photographer, Cecil Beaton, was commissioned by the British Ministry of Information to photograph daily life in India.

* Cecil Beaton's Indian album

Company Paintings 1800-1880

During the 18th and 19th centuries in the British colonial period, members of the British East India Company (hence the name 'Company paintings') comissioned Indian artists to document the landscape, manners and customs of India including scenes of monuments, deities, festivals, and occupations.

* Company Paintings 1800-1880

Crew lists - Calcutta to London 1820s

The faded writing of these early 19th century crewlists reveals the names of a just a few of the thousands of South Asian seamen who signed on to sail as crew of British merchant ships.

* Calcutta to London 1820s

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