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CAPTAIN ROBERT MELVILLE GRINDLAY (1786 - 1877)

FIVE PRINTS BY GRINDLAYS, WESTALL AND FORREST


Estimate: Rs 60,000-Rs 80,000 ( $830-$1,105 )


FIVE PRINTS BY GRINDLAYS, WESTALL AND FORREST


a) Captain Robert Melville Grindlays
View of Sassoor In the Deccan
1893
Chromolithograph on paper pasted on board
11 x 13.5 in (27.5 x 33.7 cm)

Plate No. 33 from Grindlay 1893 edition, drawn by W Purser and engraved by R G Reeve

Pune: View of Saswad (Sassoor). Looking towards the Sardar Purandare Wada from the Sangameshwar temple at the confluence of the Chamli and Karha rivers. With a ruth drawn by oxen and attended by Marhatta horsemen for a lady of rank.

b) William Westall
The Great Triad in The Cave Temple of Elephanta Near Bombay
Circa 1826s
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
10.25 x 13 in (25.6 x 32.5 cm)

Plate No. 36 from Grindlay 1826-30 edition, engraved by T Edge

c) William Westall
Entrance of The Great Cave Temple of Elephanta Near Bombay
Circa 1826s
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
9.75 x 12.5 in (24.3 x 31.2 cm)

Plate No. 31 from Grindlay 1826-30 edition, engraved by C Bentley

d) Captain Charles Auber
View Near Tonk In Rajpootana
1893
Original chromolithograph on paper pasted on board
11 x 13.5 in (27.5 x 33.7 cm)

Plate No. 26 from Grindlay 1893 edition, drawn by W Westall and engraved by R G Reeve


e) Charles Ramus Forrest
Hindoo Village on The Ganges, Near Ambooah
1824
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
9.75 x 11.75 in (24.3 x 29.3 cm)

Plate No. 2 of Forrest's "Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna", engraved by T Sutherland

From Robert Grindlay's "Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western side of India" published 1826-30 and reprinted 1893; and Charles Ramus Forrest's "A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India", published in 1824.


(Set of 5)

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