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TWO PORTFOLIOS OF INDIAN
PAINTINGS FOR BRITISH
THE TRANQUIL EYE: The watercolours of Colonel
Robert Smith - A Journey Down the Ganges, 1830
Introduction and notes by Mildred Archer
7-page essay and notes with 6 sepia illustrations + 8
watercolours, each reproduced on a thick sheet printed
on one side only and loosely inserted. The stapled text
and loose plates contained in a folder as issued
Published in London by Al Falak in 1982
Size 18 x 13.5 inches
The 8 colour prints are titled:
ALLAHABAD FORT SEEN FROM THE RIVER
THE FORT AT CHUNAR
AURANGZEB'S MOSQUE, BENARES
THE GRANARY AT BANKIPORE, NEAR PATNA
THE MOSQUE AT MONGHYR
CLEVELAND'S HOUSE AT BHAGALPUR
COLGONG, BHAGALPUR DISTRICT
THE NAWAB'S PALACE, MURSHIDABAD
BETWEEN BATTLES - The Album of Colonel James
Skinner
Introduction and notes by Mildred Archer
8-page essay and notes with 8 sepia illustrations +
10 watercolours by Delhi artists, each reproduced on
a thick sheet printed on one side only and loosely
inserted. The stapled text and loose plates contained in
a folder as issued
Published in London by Al Falak in 1982
Size 18 x 13.5 inches
The 10 colour prints are titled:
SKINNER'S 'YELLOW BOYS'
TENT ORDERLIES
RECRUITS TO SKINNER'S HORSE
MEWATI RECRUITS
RECRUITS ON SKINNER'S FARM
GURKHA IRREGULARS
DIWAN BABU RAM AND HIS ADOPTED SON
MUNSHI KESHAV RAI AND SHAMBUNATH MUNSHI
MAULVI SALAMAT ALLAH AND FAZL BEG
SAYYID MIRZA AZIM BEG AND HIS STAFF
Rs 60,000-Rs 80,000
$925-$1,235