Med Egron Lundgren I Indien: Ett Urval Av Konstnarens Akvareller Och Techningar 1858-1859

Karl Asplund, Med Egron Lundgren I Indien: Ett Urval Av Konstnarens Akvareller Och Techningar 1858-1859, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1931

pp. 37 + 80 plates, also, there are 21 illustrations in the text and 1 on title page. Of the 80 plates, 8 are colour plates tipped in. Of the remaining 72 black and white plates majority are full-page and some have 2 images to a page, all printed on one side of the page only; hardbound
13 x 9.5 in (32.5 x 23.7 cm)

No. 313 of a limited edition of 500 copies.

Title Text in Swedish which loosely translates as “With Egron Lundgren In India: A Selection His Watercolours And Sketches 1858-1859”

Swedish Artist’s Impressions of 1857 War. Lundgren was a Swedish artist who came to India around the Mutiny of 1857 and for some time also accompanied Times correspondent W H Russell in Lucknow and elsewhere. Russell's 'My Diary in India', published in 1858, has engravings based on Lundgren's works.

Intended to give a fair impression of artistic endeavour of high quality and to bring to light historical material of great importance, this book presents the life and work of traveling artist and writer Egron Lundgren (1815-75). Well-known in Sweden for his watercolours depicting his exploits in India, this artist has remained relatively unknown internationally. This book offers a wide selection of Lundgren's watercolours and delves into the exotic world of India that he experienced and captured for his Swedish audience as he was sent out to report on the uprising in 1857-8.

The plates cover Lucknow, Cawnpore, Allahabad, Benares and Calcutta, showing people, children, women, soldiers, army on the march, elephants and camels, nautch girls, musicians, prisoners, king of Oudh and his queen, landscape of the countryside and much more.

This lot will be shipped in "as is" condition. For further details, please refer to the images of individual lots as reference for the condition of each book.