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(Set of three)

a)
TITLE: Indien: Strasse in Bombay (India: Street in Bombay)
ARTIST: E. Hilderbrandt
PUBLISHER: R Wagner
PLACE: Berlin
MEDIUM: Chromolithograph
SURFACE: Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 24.2 x 34 cm.br.WITH MOUNT: 54.5 x 64 cm

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HERRN RICHARD GOEHDE

Title label on verso:
"No. 3"
"Ed. Hilderbrandt"
"Nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung des Herrn Richard Goehde" (After the watercolors from the collection of the Herrn Richard Goehde)
"Chromofacsimilirt von Steinbock" (Chromolithograph from Steinbock)
"Verlag von R. Wagner, Berlin, Mauerstr. 36" (Publisher of R. Wagner, Berlin, Mauerstr. 36)

The present lot depicts a wide street in Bombay, India, after a watercolour by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt was a frequent traveller to to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolours, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs, mounted in imitation of watercolour presentation, was published as 'Reise um die Erde' (Journey around the World).

b)
TITLE: Parell, the Government House, Bombay
ARTIST: Sir Harry Francis Colville Darell
PUBLISHER: Day and Son
PLACE: London
MEDIUM: Coloured lithograph
SURFACE: Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 29 x 41.5 cm
PAPER SIZE: 31.5 x 44.5 cm
WITH MOUNT: 45 x 57.7 cm

Coloured lithograph of the Government House at Parel, Bombay by Day & Son after Sir Harry Darell Bar (1814-1853) from his book 'China, India and the Cape' published in London. Parel, originally an island, is located in the northern part of Bombay. The building shown in this view was built by the Jesuits under Portuguese rule in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was used asa country retreat for the English Governor of Bombay from 1719. In 1829, the building officially became the Government House, later relocating to Malabar Hill in the 1880s. (British Library Board)

c)
TITLE: View of Bombay Harbour, taken from the Island of Colaba
ARTIST: W Watson
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co., printed by C Hullmandel
PLACE: London
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SURFACE: Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 29 x 42.2 cm
PAPER SIZE: 33 x 48.5 cm
WITH MOUNT: 49.5 x 64.5 cm

Lithograph of "View of Bombay Harbour, taken from the Island of Colaba" by W Watson after Charles Franklin Head from his 'Eastern and Egyptian Scenery' printed by . Hullmandel and published in London. The city of Bombay was originally composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. In 1661, the British Crown acquired the islands of Bombay from the Portuguese as part of Catherine of Braganza's marriage dowry to Charles II. From 1668, the East India Company developed the area as a trading port. The fort was situated on the island of Bombay. The island of Colaba, to the south, became a popular place for recreation in the 18th century and was connected to the island of Bombay by a causeway the 1830s.

(British Library Board)