23rd November 2015: Colonial knowledge production; Margaret Tytler’s collection of Indian models 1815-1821

Margaret Tytler (1785-1822), born in the county of Angus, spent her adult life in northern India. Living in Patna and Tirhut, she became particularly interested in local crafts and agriculture and commissioned at least three sets of scale models documenting the tools and machines she saw in use during the early 19th century. Read more