This richly illustrated catalogue brings forth a fine collection of the Company style of paintings from five significant institutes of India : National Museum, New Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Archaeological survey of India,New Delhi; Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata; and Botanical survey of India, Kolkata. The Catalogue highlights the continuation of the Indian artistic ethos of developing synergies between diverse artistic practices while maintaining its distinction. Showcasing more than two hundred paintings, the catalogue presents array of artworks, many of which have not been seen previously. The Catalogue is divided into eleven sections- splendid Indian Maharajas; Indian Aristocrats; Europeans in India; European Print and Indian Painting; Many Paths, one Reality; Indian Deities, Processions and Ceremonies; Trades and Professions; Vignettes of Everyday Life; Portraitures of Women; Indian Architecture; and studies of the Natural world . These sections are grouped under three broad themes-Elite, Ethnography, and Empirical Studies. Overall , the catalogue is a visual memoir that will take its reader on a journey of the culturally vivid and diverse period of ninteenth-century India. Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Elite. 3. Splendid Indian Maharajas. 4. Indian Aristocrats. 5. Europeans in India. 6. European print and Indian painting. 7. Ethnography. 8. Many paths, one reality. 9. Indian deities, processions and ceremonies. 10. Trades and professions. 11. Vignettes of everyday life. 12. Portraitures of women. 13. Empirical studies. 14. Indian architecture. 15. Studies of the natural world. Glossary. Bibliography. Acknowledgements.