SET OF TWO BOOKS ON BRITISH DRAWINGS IN THE INDIA OFFICE LIBRARY

a) Mildred Archer, British Drawings in The India Office Library, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1969

(In Two Volumes)
Volume I: Amateur Artists, pp. xvii, 364 + coloured frontispiece and 56 black and white plates at the end
Volume 2: Official and Professional artists, pp. xiii, 365-712+ coloured frontispiece and 64 black and white plates at the end + Bibliography, concordance and index

Original black cloth bound with gilt text on the spine along with dust jacket and illustration on the cover (each)
10 x 7.5 in (25.5 x 19 cm) (each)

b) Patricia Kattenhorn, British Drawings in The India Office Library, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1994

Volume 3: pp. xiii, 385+ 64 black and white plates at the end + concordance and index; hardbound without dustjacket as issued
10 x 7.5 in (25 x 18.7 cm)

The scarce supplementary volume to the Mildred Archer set, describing the drawings acquired after 1969.

The catalogue of British drawings in the India Office Library by Mildred Archer, published in two volumes in 1969, covered nearly 11,000 works, and revealed the riches of a collection that is a valuable visual resource for all aspects of life during the British period in South Asia. The third volume provides a detailed listing of all the drawings acquired since 1969, a total of 5500 representing over 300 individuals, including additional works by artists of the stature of William and Thomas Daniell, Thomas Hickey and George Chinnery, important drawings by William Simpson and Joseph D'Arcy, together with a large number of artists not previously represented in the collection - soldiers, civil servants, and their wives and daughters - whose work ranges from important early topographical studies to humorous sketches of everyday life. More than 60 drawings are reproduced in monochrome. (Preface of the 3rd volume)

(Set of two)

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