Indian Paintings of the British Period in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art

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This exceptionally informative and beautifully illustrated catalogue examines the Museum’s holdings of paintings done in India under the British during the late 18th and 19th centuries in style popularly known as company Painting. The high-commissioned the best examples of these paintings in India routinely took them back to England upon their retirement from service in India Despite that obstacle and the reticence of most Indian collectors of miniature painting to embrace this unique cultural hybrid of India and Europe, Jagdish and Kamla Mittal were attracted by the new vision and innovative subject inherent in this style of painting of India and Europe, and pursued every opportunity to acquire select examples in India that met their high standards of quality. Over decades of collecting, they amassed thirty compelling paintings in this style, all published here for the first time.

J.P. Losty the foremost authority on Anglo-Indian painting, incorporates his latest research into the text, and fleshes out the context and importance of the Museum’s collection of Paintings in this style by other museums and private collections. This catalogue is an indispensable contribution to the study of Indian painting.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR J P Losty

J.P. Losty is Head of the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs section of the Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library, London. He is the author of The Art of the Book in India (1982); his many publications cover a wide range of subjects from medieval Indian painting to the Company schools. He is currently working on a new edition, from the original manuscripts, of the Indian journals of William Daniell.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagdish Mittal

Jagdish Mittal, an artist turned art collector and art-historian, is an erudite scholar and a leading authority on India art. He is the Principal Trustee of the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museums of India Art, Hyderabad, to which he and his wife, Kamla, gifted their unique art collection in 1976. In 1990, he was awarded the padma Shri by the Government of India. His research articles have been published in prestigious publications. His book Andhra Paintings of the Ramayana was published in 1969 by the Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi, Hyderabad.