{"product_id":"flora-indica-9781842468425","title":"Flora Indica","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, Kew's recovered collections of Indian botanical art are brought together with the remarkable stories of the artists who painted them, the colonial context in which they were made, and their essential role in the development of botanical knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring a representative selection of one hundred artworks from the previously fractured, uncatalogued, and largely inaccessible collection of over seven thousand Indian illustrations in Kew's archives, \u003ci\u003eFlora Indica\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the vital role of Indian artists in helping to advance both scientific knowledge and the aesthetics of botanical art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The botanical watercolors, 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. The text by leading expert Henry Noltie reveals the lost stories of how these illustrations came to be, exploring the work of twenty Indian artists from eleven collections, with nineteen named individuals and thirty previously unseen illustrations. Noltie's extensive research into these hidden histories features plants native to South Asia alongside exotics introduced from the then-emerging international network of botanical gardens, taking readers on a journey that explores the environments in which these master artists worked. The style of the works represents a unique fusion of traditional Indian artistry and techniques with botanists' demands for naturalism and scientific specificity from an Indo-British perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presented with a foreword by art historian William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003e Flora Indica\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates Kew's beautiful Indian botanical art collection, through which readers are invited to discover the important lost histories of Indian botanical art from the age of empire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Botanic Gardens Kew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842468425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 8.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Henry Noltie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403567100085,"sku":"9781842468425","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9e70e261-47f8-4abc-8aa6-171d7e3d6ab4.jpg?v=1774969739","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flora-indica-9781842468425","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}