Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire - Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in Madras

Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire is the first detailed study of the art and correspondence of Elizabeth Gwillim and her sister Mary Symonds in South India. The book explores what their work reveals about natural history, the natural environment, colonialism, and women's lives at the turn of the nineteenth century.

About the author

Anna Winterbottom is a research associate at McGill University.

Victoria Dickenson is professor of practice at McGill University.

Ben Cartwright is a writer and former curator at the South Asia Collection in Norwich, UK.

Lauren Williams is liaison librarian at the Blacker Wood Natural History Collection.

Summary

Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire is the first detailed study of the art and correspondence of Elizabeth Gwillim and her sister Mary Symonds in South India. The book explores what their work reveals about natural history, the natural environment, colonialism, and women’s lives at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ben Cartwright (Editor), Victoria Dickenson (Editor), Lauren Williams (Editor), Anna Winterbottom (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9780228018865
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01886-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 201 mm x 261 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1348 g
• Illustrations: 103 illustrations, 2 tables, 2 colour inserts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history