Set of 4 books on British caricatures and drawings on India

a) L. Raven-Hill, An Indian Sketch Book: Impressions of the East and the Great Durbar, London: “Punch” Office, 1905

pp. 103 full of black and white caricatures; hardbound
11.4 x 8.4 in (28.5 x 21 cm)

‘Punch’ cartoonist on visit to attend 1903 Delhi Durbar in which he documents the impressions of his visit to India on the occasion of the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Raven Hill was a very famous painter who has made many Sketches on Indian Peoples on British Era Time in 1910. There are many sketches on Indian peoples inside this book. Early book on Indian Life with a number of prints depicting Sikh Akali Nihung Warriors and Sikh among others illustrations.

b) P R Carstairs, So this is India! - A Few Impressions of a New Country, Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1943

pp. 42 with coloured plates interspersed with poems; hardback
10.6 x 7.2 in (26.5 x 18 cm)

Ephemeral WWII publication. Publisher’s name neatly excised from the title-page.

c) Gertrude Ellen Burrard, An Amateur Artist in India: A Collection of Paintings by Gertrude Lady Burrard, London: Country Life Ltd., 1929

pp. 64 including 50 black and white plates, frontispiece portrait of the artist and 6 pages of notes on some of the paintings by Sidney Burrard [Surveyor-General of India, based in Dehra Dun]. The book has numerous illustrations of Dehra Dun and the nearby hill station of Mussoorie; thread-stitched with brown stiff card as issued, with title label pasted on cover.
9 x 5.8 in (22.5 x 14.5 cm)

Gertrude Ellen Burrard accompanied her husband Sidney Burrard, an Indian Army Officer, around the Indian subcontinent during his time as Superintendent on the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.

d) George Darby, East and West: A Series of Eight Contrasts, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., Circa 1910

pp. 16 with 16 caricatures; soft bound
5.6 x 4.4 in (14 x 11 cm)

(Set of four)

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