People, Places and the World of the East India Company. The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travellers in the 18th- and 19th-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the increasingly important role it played in Indian life. And they mirror significants shifts in British policy and attitudes towards India. This book will draw on the unrivalled riches of the British Library - both visual and textual - to tell that history.