Global Encounters and the Archives: Britain’s Empire in the Age of Horace Walpole
Item
An Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours : A Modernized Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours, 1802
Title
An Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours : A Modernized Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours, 1802
Description
Mocking the ability of colonized peoples in British India to assimilate to "English" ways –and perhaps mocking the British imperial project itself –this pair of prints depicts "before" and "after" scenes featuring native persons. The Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours is shown wearing a flowing garment with one breast bare, spinning fibers. Her counterpart, A Modernized Indian Lady Amusing herself at her Leisure Hours, sits in fancy and sweltering "English" dress, sweating over the British music that she plays on a piano imported from London. Catalog Record
Contributor
Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library
Creator
Anonymous
