Indian Company School paintings collection

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An album of Indian Company School paintings (gouache on mica) presented to Burnley Corporation by H. M. Queen Mary though the Victoria and Albert Museum in June 1939.Company painting is a broad term for a variety of hybrid styles that developed as a result of European (especially British) influence on Indian artists from the early 18th to the 19th centuries. The V&A has a collection of over 2,000 company paintings that can be seen on-line.

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