Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850
by Laurel O. Peterson, Holly Shaffer
Painters, Ports, and Profits explores the relationship between artists and the East India Company from 1750 to 1850. Bringing art history and commercial history together, the book considers how painting, maritime ports, and profit shaped one another during an era of expanding global exchange.
About This Book
This book examines artists and the East India Company between 1750 and 1850.
Its focus brings together painting, ports, and profits, connecting artistic activity with maritime commerce and imperial enterprise.
The volume offers a historical perspective on the networks linking art and business during a period of global exchange.
By placing artists within the world of the East India Company, it considers the relationship between creative work and commercial power.
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