Hands that Painted Plants of the Coast of Coromandel
By: Lambert, Meghan
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19Edition: Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar.Description: 85-88p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: This essay looks at three lavish volumes of William Roxburgh’s Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, published in 1795–1819, now housed in London’s Wellcome Collection. Roxburgh, a Scottish surgeon with the East India Company, commissioned local Indian artists, identities of whom remain largely anonymous. These life-size hand-coloured copperplate engravings acted as specimens when herbaria were not available. The collection highlights the Company’s interest in botanical research in India and indicates the influence and sheer scale of the colonial project.
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This essay looks at three lavish volumes of William Roxburgh’s Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, published in 1795–1819, now housed in London’s Wellcome Collection. Roxburgh, a Scottish surgeon with the East India Company, commissioned local Indian artists, identities of whom remain largely anonymous. These life-size hand-coloured copperplate engravings acted as specimens when herbaria were not available. The collection highlights the Company’s interest in botanical research in India and indicates the influence and sheer scale of the colonial project.
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