Text taken from a paper given, in 1835, by the English Lord Thomas Macaulay, is run around the edge of the gallery. In the speech Macaulay advocates teaching English as a foreign language in India. The work highlights the imperialistic attitude of this text and questions whether the same attitude may also be present in the orientalist paintings within the gallery.


One of a series of works produced at Cartwright Hall Museum and Art Gallery.

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