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A rare, lovely sale catalogue issued in the UK in 1996,
consisting of watercolours by various Company School
artists.
pp. 44 with 20 items, each reproduced in colour and
described in detail and with a bibliography.
7-page Introduction by British writerWilliam Dalrymple
Shows a palanquin, portraits, design for a gig,
architectural drawings of Indian monuments, birds
and a German plaque showing Queen Victoria's Indian
servants Abdul Karim and Mohamed Bukhsh in their
red liveries.
Softcover /10.5 x 8.5 inches
THE LUCKNOWMENAGERIE - Natural History
Drawings from the Collection of Claude Martin (1735-
1800)
A London gallery catalogue issued 2001 with price sheet
loosely inserted
Pno pagination [pp. 79] with a 6-page essay byLucknow
scholar Rosie Llewellyn-Jones followed by 76 lots. Notes
at the end.
With 26 full-page plates and 9 images in the text.
A large and lavish catalogue in mint condition.
12 x 8 inches / stiff cards
IMPERIAL PAST - INDIA 1600-1800
A large exhibition catalogue published in UK
87 pages
Softcover
12 x 9.5 inches
Most of it relates to India seen through British eyes with
essays by J P Losty, formerly of the British Library
There are 26 lots described, all withlarge and many full-
page colour illustrations.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY AGRA
DRAUGHTSMEN relates to one album featuring
Mughal monuments and 26 drawings are reproduced
THE ALBUM FROM BENGAL 1795-1810 relates to an
album belonging to General Horton Briscoe whichhas
numerous company paintings and 23 are reproduced,
many full page.
Most of the catalogue relates to the above two albums
and their description and notes. Apart from this there
are some stone trellises, panels and screens ofmarble
and red sandstone from mughal monuments are also
reproduced.
FIFTY-ONE FLOWERS - BOTANICAL WATERCOLOURS
FROM BENGAL
Catalogue issued in UK in 2006
pp. 96 with bibliography
10-page introduction and all 51 watercolours
reproducedfull page by Indianor Company artists
Softcover / 11.5 x 8.5 inches
An exhibition catalogue issued by a German museum,
reproducing 100 Tanjore [Thanjavur] paintings of
the19th century Company School in an album in the
museum collection. The catalogue is titled:
INDIEN ALS BILDERBUCH DIE KONSTRUKTION
DER PITTORESKEN FREMDE - Einhundert indische
Gouachen um 1800
[Loosely translates as STRANGELY PICTURESQUE
PICTORIAL CONSTRUCTION OF INDIA - 100 Indian
watercolours from 1800]
TEXT IN GERMAN
pp.141 with 100 Tanjore paintings reproduced in full
colour, one on each page.
4 scholarly essays including one on Raja Serfoji II of
Tanjore by Indira Viswanathan Peterson.
Size: 12 x 7.5 inches/ Softcover
Rs 1,50,000-Rs 1,80,000
$2,310-$2,770