| Ordinary people and daily life-- drawings, paintings, engravings | |
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James Forbes made a series of drawings in the 1760's and 1770's that were later published in his "Oriental Memoirs" in 1812 |
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*Francis
Balthazar Solvyns* (1760-1824), who lived in
Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, left a remarkable series of
etchings that illustrate Bengali life |
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A search for "daniell india" will yield 348 results by the two Daniells, some from as early as the late 1780's |
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"Peons of Mysore," by Henry Salt, c.1809, and other early scenes |
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Some etchings by Edward Orme from "The European in India," 1813 |
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Some of the sights of India, by Friedrich and Carl Bertuch, 1801-15 |
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A search for "seeta ram" will yield dozens of lively watercolors from c.1814-15 |
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From a series of drawings of Indians by Giulio Ferrario, c.1816 |
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Frederic Shoberl depicted some of the people and deities of the south, in the 1820's: a large and fascinating set of hand-colored engravings |
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Drawings along the Ganges and the Jumna, by C. R. Forrest, 1824 |
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Mme Sophie Charlotte Belnos, born in Bengal and married to a French lithographer, depicts life in Bengal in the 1830's; she also illustrates a wide variety of Brahminical religious rituals |
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And who was this haunting "Indian gentleman," painted in 1841? |
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Examples from a series of drawings made in India and around Asia, published by Auguste Wahlen, c.1843-44 |
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"Akalis" and other images, by Emily Eden, 1844 |
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Several lithographs by John Luard, c.1840s |
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Engravings from Fanny Parkes's work, c.1850's |
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A series of drawings of British and Indian life in "Our Station," by George Franklin Atkinson, c.1856 |
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A series of chromolithographs by William Simpson, 1867; do a search for "william simpson chromolithographs" to find the lot (about 48) |
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Many views of British and Indian daily life, in wood engravings from the "Illustrated London News" (and "The Graphic") |
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Views of different tribal groups, from Dalton's "Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal," 1872 |
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A vivid and elegant series of drawings of Indian costumes and activities, with detailed discussions, from Racinet (1876 and 1888 eds.) |
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George Moerlein visited India in 1874, and published his paintings in chromolithograph form in 1886 |
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A series of French color lithographs of Indian costumes by Guerinet, 1888 |
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"Lloyd's Sketches of Indian Life," 1890 |
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Tribal people, as depicted by painters and engravers |
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A few drawings of unknown provenance |
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A nice set of
drawings of which I hope to discover the source |
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A man selling firewood; the kind of painting that haunts you |
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Meanwhile, people continued to tell their own stories in their own traditional ways. |