A decorative art in Japan, Korea and China, lacquerware held a particular exotic appeal for its European collectors as a luxury craft especially popular for…
During Francis Child the elder’s tenure as EIC committee member and later as a Director, the Company was responsible for augmenting the trade in cotton…
I find that the ship will floor forty half chests more of China ware than expected therefore request that you will order that quantity which…
The Child family’s interest in East India Company sea trade was carried forward through their investment in shipping. Company ships were instrumental in the network…
Shugborough represents, in very tangible form, a fascinating example of the British engagement with China during the eighteenth century. Admiral Anson despised the Chinese, thought…
Such was the domestic context in which a Chinese House, complete with boathouse, was erected on an island in an artificial canal to the north…
Chinese decorative objects such as porcelain had been known in Britain long before Commodore Anson’s unhappy stay at Canton in 1743. The Venetian painter Bellini…
East India Company Connections Although Lawrence Dundas was never a ‘servant’ of the East India Company, he was closely involved in its affairs. He bought…
Valentines Mansion Case Study: Shipwrecks and the East India Company’s ‘Immaterial’ Material Culture
As the fate of both the Valentine and the Abergavenny attests, shipwreck was a frequent occurrence in the history of the EIC in the Georgian era. Of the 980…
Navigating, investing in and managing the vessels that carried the EIC’s goods from India to Britain was a risky business in the eighteenth century. European…
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