First Look | Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850
Laurel Peterson, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, YCBA, and Holly Shaffer, Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, in a conversation moderated by Romita Ray, Associate Professor, Art History, Syracuse University
About this program
Join exhibition co-curators Laurel Peterson and Holly Shaffer to learn more about Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850, which draws primarily from the YCBA’s rich collection of works of art produced across Asia. Moderated by Romita Ray, a specialist in the art of the British Empire in India, this program provides an overview of the exhibition with a focus on the remarkable paintings and drawings of plants and animals in the show. These works highlight the exchange of artistic ideas among Indian, Chinese, and British artists, and the circulation of papers and pigments during a period ruthlessly driven by commerce and the imperial ambitions of the East India Company.