About this program
Explore how artist Tilly Kettle sought to represent India in the eighteenth century through the alluring image of the “dancing girl.” In a classic portrayal of the “oriental” east, Kettle's work captures the cultural infusions that marked early East India Company rule.
About Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith is a Visiting Research Fellow at the YCBA and Senior Research Associate, Department of History, at the University of Bristol. A historian of modern Britain and its empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, her research focuses on the social, economic, and cultural experiences of British, Anglo-Indian (mixed European and Asian descent), and South Asian families in the imperial era.
About “Beyond Britain”
Join us in the galleries for this 30-minute lunchtime talk on a single artwork that highlights the global histories in our collection.
