PATNA PAINTING
By MILDRED ARCHER
This edition was published privately for the Royal India Society for members only in 1947
The first book by the great historian of British-Indian art.
Rare, elusive title published in a small edition.
pp. xv, 48 + 48 b&w plates on art paper
Softcover / 8.5 x 5.5 inches
Includes biographies of Patna painters of the 19th century and portraits of some of them chapters are:
THE ORIGINS OF THE PATNA SCHOOL
THE PATNA MARKET
THEPATNA SCHOOLIN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
THE SCHOOL AND ITS INFLUENCES
Appendices have GENEALOGICAL TABLE [of Patna painters], List of collections, Bibliographical notes and Index of artists and patrons.
INDIAN PAINTING FOR THE BRITISH 1770-1880
By MILDRED and W. G. ARCHER
A rare book, published by Oxford University Press in UK in 1955 and never reprinted.
A seminal and exhaustive work not superseded so far in scholarship.
Covers Indian painting for the British in MURSHIDABAD, PATNA, BENARES, LUCKNOW, DELHI, SOUTHERN INDIA, WESTERN INDIA, NATURAL HISTORY PAINTINGS and CAUSES OF DECLINE.
pp. xiv, 155 + 24 plates on art paper and WITH NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX
Very fine hardcover bound in brick-coloured cloth. No dustjacket. Near Mint condition for is age.
size 10.5 x 7.5 inches
INDIAN PAINTING FOR THE BRITISH 1780-1880
A large and lovely full-colour catalogue issued by a London gallery in 2001
28 items, each with full-page illustrationand description on facing page. 1 is a foldout [procession of mughal emperor akbar II].
Covers Calcutta, Patna, Lucknow, Delhi artists' works
12 x 9.5 inches
cardcover with dustjacket
ROOM FOR WONDER - INDIAN PAINTING DURING THE BRITISH PERIOD 1760-1880
By Stuart Cary Welch
New York: American Federation of Arts / Exhibition catalogue
1978
pp. 191 and profusely illustrated
softcover
size 9.5 x 9.5 inches
INDIAN PAINTING DURING THE BRITISH PERIOD
Rare 1986 sale catalogue of a London gallery
pp. 36 with 10 full-page colour plates printed on one side only and 9 b&w small illustrations in the text. In addition the cover is a 'double spread' painting with 6 characters shown front and back
A totalof 53 items are listed
Softcover / 8.5 x 7 inches
INDIAN PAINTING FOR BRITISH PATRONS 1770-1860
46-page catalogue of an exhibition held in London in February-March 1991
Foreword by Niall Hobhouse
21 items with full-page colour illustrations andfacing detailed descriptions. 2 items have 2 small b&w illustrations to support text.
Softcover/ 9.5 x 7 inches
INDIAN PAINTERS - BRITISH MASTERS
Company Paintings from the W. R. Johnston Collection
By Richard Runnels
A lovely large-sized catalogue issued in 2004 in Australia
pp. 32 with bibliography
8 full-page illustrations + 13 illustrations in the text
Softcover / 12 x 8.5 inches
A JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA - Company School Pictures
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 LUCKNOW MENAGERIE - 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
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