Picture Details
Cotton flowers
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC65446Origin:
Punjab, Indian SubcontinentDonor / Date:
India Museum, 1898Size:
W 20; L 35 mmDescription:
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At the time these flowers were collected Punjab was a province in British India, it is now divided between India and Pakistan. The India Museum in London was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. The Museum was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed among the London Museums and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. By this time its collections had extended beyond South Asia to as far east as China.
