May 11th, 2010
V&A curator Anna Jackson gives lecture at the Asia Society

Photo courtesy Jonathon Ziegler / patrickmcmullan.com

On May 11th, the American Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Asia Society hosted a lecture by Anna Jackson, Deputy Keeper of the Asian Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and lead curator of the exhibition Maharaja: the Splendour of India's Royal Courts, on which the lecture was based.

The exhibition, which celebrates the extraordinarily rich culture of India's kings, closed recently at the V&A to begin its tour of North America. Ms. Jackson presented a stimulating lecture on the role that the Indian kings played in the political, social and cultural history of the sub-continent to over 130 attentive listeners.

A reception was held after the lecture and guests were serenaded by a sitar player accompanied by the tabla.

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