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Flora Indica: Recovering lost stories from Kew's Indian drawings

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Roli 2026Description: 190pISBN:
  • 978-1842468425
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.954 NOL
Summary: Flora Indica presents a representative selection from the previously fractured, uncatalogued, and largely inaccessible collection of over 7,000 Indian illustrations in Kew’s archives. The botanical watercolours, created between 1790 and 1850, were commissioned by British botanists, many of whom were employed by the East India Company to document India’s rich plant diversity.
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Flora Indica presents a representative selection from the previously fractured, uncatalogued, and largely inaccessible collection of over 7,000 Indian illustrations in Kew’s archives. The botanical watercolours, created between 1790 and 1850, were commissioned by British botanists, many of whom were employed by the East India Company to document India’s rich plant diversity.

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