a)
SIX PORTRAITS OF SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE by W.
Rothenstein
With a prefatory note by Max Beerbohm
LONDON: Macmillan
1915
pp. x, followed by 6 portraits with tissue guards
Paper-covered boards with cloth spine
Size 15 x 11 inches
b)
25 PORTRAITS OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Published by Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
February 1961 [First published December 1951]
25 printed sepia-tone photos tipped-in on each page. 1 photo pasted on cover
Softcover / 11 x 8.5 inches
Signed presentation copy from Rabindra Bharati University vice-chancellor Hiranmoy Banerji
c)
FACES UNFORGETTABLE: STUDIES FROM LIFE BY JYOTIRINDRANATH TAGORE
Edited by Kamal Sarkar
Calcutta: Rabindra Bharati Society
1995
pp. 45 with 31 portrait studies
Original maroon buckram binding with gilt title on cover
Size 11 x 8.5 inches
Jyotirindranath Tagore was the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore. This study includes portraits in his rare TWENTY-FIVE COLLOTYPES published in London in 1914 and some other portraits.
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