Romita Ray

Romita Ray (born 1970) is an associate professor and art & music history department chair at Syracuse University.

Romita Ray
Born1970 (age 49–50)
Kolkata, India
NationalityAmerican

She is known for her work on the history of the British Empire and the tea trade with India in cultural objects and has done extensive work researching various public collections.[1] Her spoken commentary on a portrait of Elihu Yale at the Yale Center for British Art about the history and context of it is on their website.[2]

Works
  • Under the Banyan Tree : relocating the picturesque in British India, ISBN 9780300187694, 2013
  • The painted Raj : the art of the picturesque in British India, 1757-1911, doctoral dissertation for Yale University, 1999

References
  1. blog about her work for the National Maritime Museum in 2018
  2. Commentary by Romita Ray on Elihu Yale seated at table with the Second Duke of Devonshire and Lord James Cavendish, Yale Center for British Art's website


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