{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ACC Art Books US","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","author_name":"ACC Art Books US","author_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","title":"Colonial Views of India - ACC Art Books US","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ym2vhMM4uQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/colonial-views-of-india\/\">Colonial Views of India<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/colonial-views-of-india\/embed\/#?secret=ym2vhMM4uQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Colonial Views of India&#8221; &#8212; ACC Art Books US\" data-secret=\"ym2vhMM4uQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9781910807729-04-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":2000,"thumbnail_height":1133,"description":"Eugene Clutterbuck Impey arrived in India in 1851 and lived there until his retirement in 1878. He served as political agent at different posts across the country. The Eastern Art archives in the Ashmolean Museum include over 250 negatives and photographs of Impey&rsquo;s images of people, architectural sites, and landscapes.Foreword 7 Xa Sturgis Foreword 9 Richard Ovenden Acknowledgements 10 Colonial Views of India 13 Mallica Kumbera Landrus Political Agency 37 Geoffrey Batchen Picturesque Views and Architectural Documentation 47 Julia A. B. Hegewald Alwar and Jodhpur 65 Giles Tillotson Mount Abu and Shimla 85 Dane Kennedy Performing Community\/Performing Empire 105 Radhica Ganapathy Portraying People 113 Marwa Ahmed Captive Cats 131 Nayanika Mathur Cracking India: Fragile Archaeological Photographs 141 Aparna Kumar Construction of Tradition 149 Chaitanya Sambrani Observation of a Photographer&rsquo;s Process 157 Tim Pearse Notes 168 Bibliography 173 Contributors 176"}