Seven Dancing Girls Prints

a) Edwin Lord Weeks
East Indian Dancer
Circa 1880s
Sepia-toned photogravure on paper
14.5 x 10.5 in (36.25 x 26.25 cm)

Publisher: D Appleton & Co. New York. The photogravure is by Goupil & Co.

b) Anonymous
Nautch: Danseuse De L'indoustan [After an 1831 print by Belnos]
Circa 1850s
Hand-coloured French etching on paper
12 x 9 in (30 x 22.5 cm)

Mrs S C Belnos had published her "Twenty-four Plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal" in 1832. Printer's and publisher's details at the bottom of the paper.

c) Anonymous
Femme De L'hindoustan
Circa 1850s
Hand-coloured French etching on paper
12 x 9 in (30 x 22.5 cm)

Printer's and publisher's details at the bottom of the paper.

d) Anonymous
Jeune Fille Des Monte Himalaya [Young woman of the Himalayas]
Printed initials 'F P' (lower right)
Circa 1850s
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
10 x 7 in (25 x 17.5 cm)

e) Anonymous
Untitled
Printed initials 'V Adam' (lower right)
Circa 1860s
Uncoloured lithograph on paper
11.75 x 8.5 in (29.3 x 21.25 cm)

An untitled French lithograph by Langlume, quite picturesque, showing a Nawab and an English guest sitting on a carpet outdoors, watching a dance performance with an attendant holding a large fan, a palanquin in the rear, armed guards, and a Hindu temple and palm trees in the distance.

f) Anonymous
ASIE with each character identified below the image: Bayadere dancing girl], Brahmin, Raja, Femme du Raja [Raja's consort] and Esclave [slave girl]
Circa 1860s
Hand-coloured engraving on paper
9 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm)

Printer: Laurent of Paris
Publisher: Dufour, Moulat and Boulanger

g) E Le Guillou
Danseuse De Syngapore [Evidently showing a Tamil dancer in Singapore]
Circa 1860s
Uncoloured engraving on paper
9 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm).br.
Lithographed by Rigo Fres

(Set of seven)

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