Picture Details
Lotus flowers
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC41202Origin:
Gujarat/ Maharashtra, IndiaDonor / Date:
India Museum, c.1879Size:
W 40; L 100 mmDescription:
Click here for more details
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. These flowers were collected from Bombay when it was a state in west central India, now divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Bombay (Mumbai) is the name now given to the capital of Maharashtra.
