Ebook: Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire: Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in Madras

Understanding the intersection of art, nature, and colonialism in early nineteenth-century Madras through the work of two English women.

Women, Environment, and Networks of Empire is the first detailed study of the art and correspondence of Elizabeth Gwillim and her sister Mary Symonds in South India. The book explores what their work reveals about natural history, the natural environment, colonialism, and women’s lives at the turn of the nineteenth century.