Dr. Victoria Dickenson

The case study: Lady Gwillim's China

The new project: Hidden Hands

Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes, Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England, and host Ciel Haviland talks with researchers who explored a facet of the life they were exposed to.

The Gwillim Project website
The Gwillim Project youtube channel
The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire

Scans of the original letters

Hana's case studies:
'Best for this country'
Curious for fish: Mary Symonds's fish watercolors
Gwillim Student Symposium

Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England and host Ciel Haviland talks with researches who explored a facet of the life they exposed.

The Gwillim Project website
The Gwillim Project youtube channel
The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire

A great chat with Henry Noltie about plants and Elizabeth Gwillim's efforts to master botany and my cat needs to go in and out of the room.

For the online symposium on Lady Gwillim's Botany:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrfoZAml2Y&ab_channel=TheGwillimProjectOnline

For a fantastic chapter on Indians painting in an English style in Forgotten masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company, edited by William Dalrymple.

Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England and host Ciel Haviland talks with researches who explored a facet of the life they exposed.

The Gwillim Project website
The Gwillim Project youtube channel
The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire