Howes, Jennifer <br/><br/>
The Art of a Corporation  The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860 

 -  Taylor & Francis  Routledge [Imprint]  2023 
 - 1 online resource 
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<br/><br/> 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 multinational corporations in the western world changed over its three-century history and provide a powerful visual account of its perpetually reinvented image. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of art history, colonial art, colonial studies, British history, economic history, business history, South Asian history, post-colonial studies and cultural studies. 
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<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003379515 9781032361178 9781032478654 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003379515  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Asian history<br/>History and Archaeology<br/>History of art<br/>History<br/>Interdisciplinary studies<br/>Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects<br/>Regional / International studies<br/>Society and culture: general<br/>Society and Social Sciences<br/>The arts: general topics<br/>The Arts: treatments and subjects<br/>The Arts
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Asian history British History East India company History of art Imperial and colonial history Indian history modern art