Set of Four Original Hand-coloured Etchings by Frans Balthazar Solvyns

a) Kortal
Hand-coloured etching on paper
Print Size: 13.6 x 9.5 in (34.5 x 24.1 cm)
Sheet Size: 22 x 16 in (55.8 x 40.6 cm)
Inscribed "Solvyns 1810" (lower left)
Plate 134 from the book Les Hindoûs ou Description de Leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies

b) Song and Gantah
Hand-coloured etching on paper
Print Size: 13.6 x 9.5 in (34.5 x 24.1 cm)
Sheet Size: 22 x 16 in (55.8 x 40.6 cm)
Inscribed "Solvyns 1810" (lower left)
Plate 104 from the book Les Hindoûs ou Description de Leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies

c) K'Hounjery
Hand-coloured etching on paper
Print Size: 13.6 x 9.5 in (34.5 x 24.1 cm)
Sheet Size: 22 x 16 in (55.8 x 40.6 cm)
Inscribed "Solvyns 1810" (lower left)
Plate 132 from the book Les Hindoûs ou Description de Leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies

d) Kaounsy
Hand-coloured etching on paper
Print Size: 13.6 x 9.5 in (34.5 x 24.1 cm)
Sheet Size: 22 x 16 in (55.8 x 40.6 cm)
Inscribed "Solvyns 1810" (lower left)
Plate 135 from the book Les Hindoûs ou Description de Leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies

Belgian marine artist Frans Baltazar Solvyns lived in Calcutta between 1791 and 1803 and is considered one of the earliest printmakers in India, besides Thomas Daniell. During his time in India, he documented 18th-century Indian culture and habitats, including the people, their occupations, festivals and religious customs.

All the etchings of this lot were part of the book Les Hindoûs ou Description de Leurs Moeurs Coutumes et Ceremonies, Paris: chez l'Auteur, Volume II, 1810.

The images in Volume II were of dances, religious devotees and different types of musical instruments as seen in the present lot.

(Set of four)

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