An Empire of Images: Visual Culture and the British in India 1688–1815
2026/06/11 by Adam Matvya · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Historical Art and Culture Studies #Photography and Visual Culture #South Asian Cinema and Culture
paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2026.2685787
openalex publication_date 2026/06/11 · openalex created_date 2026/06/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/13
Abstract
As Apurba Chatterjee points out in the outset of her book, An Empire of Images, historians of Britian have long argued the essential role of visual arts in the development of Britain’s national cha...
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