Moochies, Gudigars and Other Chitrakars: Their Contribution to 19th-Century Botanical Art and Science
By: Noltie, H.J
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19Edition: Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar.Description: 34-43p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: This essay explores three groups of botanical drawings in the collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. They were made for the Scottish East India Company surgeons Robert Wight, Alexander Gibson and Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn. In a bid to decolonize the archives, the writer shifts focus from the European commissioners of these works to the lesser-known Indian artists who produced them, highlighting their backgrounds and painting traditions. Thereby a larger argument is made to abandon the term “Company School Art” and use instead a more authentic term like “Indian Export Art” to describe this genre.
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This essay explores three groups of botanical drawings in the collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. They were made for the Scottish East India Company surgeons Robert Wight, Alexander Gibson and Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn. In a bid to decolonize the archives, the writer shifts focus from the European commissioners of these works to the lesser-known Indian artists who produced them, highlighting their backgrounds and painting traditions. Thereby a larger argument is made to abandon the term “Company School Art” and use instead a more authentic term like “Indian Export Art” to describe this genre.
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