Table of Contents

Foreword Map Chronology Introduction/Kapil Jariwala The Portrait in Early India/Robert Skelton Portraiture at the Mughal Court/Susan Stronge Portraiture at the Rajput Courts/Rosemary Crill Indian Portraiture in the British Period/J.P. Losty Plates Appendix: The Materials and Techniques of Indian Painting/ Kapil Jariwala Bibliography Index

About the Author

Rosemary Crill is a Senior Curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Her publications include Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West and Marwar Painting. Kapil Jariwala is an independent curator whose recent publications include Cultural Ties and Film Fantastic: Indian Movie Poster Art. Jeremiah Losty is former Head of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the British Library, where he curated the Ramayana exhibition in 2008. Robert Skelton is one of the foremost post-war authorities on Indian art, and is a former Keeper of the India Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Susan Stronge is a Senior Curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum and has written extensively on Indian art and culture.