Eastern Encounters: Four Centuries of Paintings and Manuscripts from the Indian Subcontinent

By Emily Hannam

The British royal family has had a long-standing intellectual and artistic relationship with India. Through the exploration of the history of Indian manuscripts in the Royal Collection, this publication offers the reader a new understanding of the developing relationship between the British Crown and India's royal courts. Drawing upon the Royal Library's world-class collection of manuscripts from the Indian subcontinent, these elegant masterpieces comprise a variety of subject matter, from dazzling Mughal durbars to sensuous poetic scenes. Presenting new scholarship that traces the 400-year history between Britain and India, this book also marks the first time that many of these works have been published.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909741450
• ISBN13: 9781909741454
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 12.0"