This map, published in London around 1820, reflects the phase in which the East India Company consolidated its rule over the Indian peninsula. Based on the latest surveys and “authentic” materials, it was conceived as a large scientific wall map and at the same time as an instrument of imperial government. The accurate engraving shows coloured provincial boundaries and a dense nomenclature of cities, rivers and mountain ranges from the Punjab and Tibet down to Ceylon, marking both the territories under British control and the allied princely states. The work, attributed to the English cartographic tradition of the early 19th century, combines encyclopaedic ambition with a propaganda function, offering the European public an up-to-date and orderly image of colonial India.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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