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Join us for a thought-provoking lecture on how art played a crucial role in shaping the nationalization of the East India Company between 1813 and 1858. Tom Young will examine how new artistic production in colonial India—driven by emerging technologies like lithography and steam navigation, as well as middle-class print formats such as periodicals, scrapbooks, and literary annuals—contributed to the destabilization of the Company’s political legitimacy. Young will also explore the influence of amateur sketching among Company employees and the broader impact of visual culture on British colonial governance.