SET OF FOUR PRINTS

a) Kherch-Burdar, or House Purveyor
1804
Original hand coloured stipple engraving on paper
13 x 9.75 in (33 x 24.5 cm)
Plate 16 from the book The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799, London: Edward Orme, 1804

b) A Syce or Groom
1804
Original hand coloured stipple engraving on paper
13 x 9.75 in (33 x 24.5 cm)
Plate 24 from the book The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799, London: Edward Orme, 1804

c) Rowanny Bearers, or Chairmen, often called Patna Bearers by Europeans
1804
Original hand coloured stipple engraving on paper
13 x 9.75 in (33 x 24.5 cm)
Plate 5 from the book The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799, London: Edward Orme, 1804

d) A Doorea-A, or Dog Keeper
1804
Original hand coloured stipple engraving on paper
13 x 9.75 in (33 x 24.5 cm)
Plate 27 from the book The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799, London: Edward Orme, 1804

Belgian marine artist Frans Balthazar 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. The present lot features 4 hand-coloured line and stipple engraved plates based on Solvyns' sketches on this subject and is a continuation of his earlier work The Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos, originally published in Calcutta in 1799.

(Set of four)

These works will be shipped unframed

NON-EXPORTABLE