MCLC: Sino-British botanical exchanges in the 18th-19th centuries

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Sino-British botanical exchanges in the 18th-19th centuries
I would like to introduce this incoming talk about the botanical interactions between Britain and China in the 18th century which I will co-present on March 24th in Oxford.
Botanical Art, Botanical Commerce: Britain meets China at the Dawn of Modernity
Oxford (United Kingdom) March 24th (12:45)
Speakers:
Former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew Sir Peter Crane, author and expert in the history of science, medicine and culture Jordan Goodman and expert in Sino-British exchanges and China Trade paintings Josepha Richard discuss the John Bradby Blake collection.
Topic:
The Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Virginia, USA, contains the archive of 18th-century East India Company supercargo John Bradby Blake. Blake first visited Canton in 1767/68 as a trader and, before his death in 1773, his collaboration with the Chinese artist Mauk-Sow-U produced over 150 striking and botanically accurate paintings of Chinese plants. These paintings and the associated archives provide details of an interesting life and previously little-known dimensions of late 18th-century social and scientific interactions between the British and Chinese, including British attempts to secure living plants that could prove useful at home and in its colonies.
The panel will be introduced by deputy editor of FT Weekend Jane Owen. This event is part of a series for FT day at the festival and lasts 45 minutes. You can book tickets here. There is also a news piece in the FT about John Bradby Blake with nice photos of the archive (I apologise for the clickbait title that does not reflect my stance & the importance of Chinese agency in Sino-Western botanical exchanges):
https://www.ft.com/content/2e4ed2ec-1be6-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6
Hope to see you there!
Josepha Richard <josepha.richard at bristol.ac.uk>
by denton.2 at osu.edu on March 9, 2018
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