Colonial India Between Empires (1700-1900)

Student and Faculty Virtual Exhibits

Current Exhibit: Displaying Empire Explore the Collection

View near Tonk in Rajpootana

Miniatures on mica, [seated woman sewing]

Aurungabad, from the ruins of Aurungzebe's palace

Welcome

This site highlights items in Northwestern's Special Collections that relate to Colonial India from 1700 to 1900.

Current Exhibit

Displaying Empire

Supplementary Material

Maps Timeline Bound Volumes Scientific Studies Bibliography Index

Past Exhibits

Painting the Orient - External site
Student Curated, Winter 2024.
Daniells Map Project - External site
Buffet Undergraduate Research Fellow Project, 2024-25

Ogilby Album, Gleeson Library Digital Collections, University of San Francisco
A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings c. 1790-1835, DAG, India
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850, Yale Center for British Art
Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi 1707-1857, Asia Society, New York
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