SET OF TWO BOOKS ON BRITISH ARTISTS IN INDIA

a) Thomas Sutton, The Daniells: Artists and Travelers, London: The Bodley Head, 1954

pp. 200 with plates and maps, including colour frontispiece and colour and black and white plates inside, index, bibliography and, most importantly, 37-page list of printed and engraved works of the Daniells; original binding with orange boards and fine dust jacket
10 x 7.5 in (25.4 x 19.05 cm)

This book covers the life and career of Thomas and William Daniell in India and elsewhere and of Samuel Daniell in Ceylon and South Africa. Of the 10 chapters, 7 are on their Indian career.

b) Vidya Dehejia and Pratapaditya Pal, From Merchants to Emperors: British Artist in India, 1757-1930, New York and London: Cornell University Press, 1986

231 pages, card covers
12 x 8.5 in (30.48 x 21.59 cm)

This volume is a tour de force that will inform and enchant anyone interested in the British experience in India. Based on a series of lectures the authors delivered at the Pierpont Morgan Library in connection with an exhibit for the Festival of India, the text enticingly portrays the British fascination with visual representations of India. The 223 illustrations include drawings, watercolors, photographs, prints, and sketchbooks; 120 of them come from the Paul F. Walter Collection in New York, the rest from a dozen public and private collections. An excellent choice for academic and large public libraries. Donald Clay Johnson, Coll. of William & Mary Lib., Williamsburg, Va. (Source: Library Journals LLC)

(Set of two)

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