From merchants to emperors : British artists and India, 1757-1930 / Pratapaditya Pal and Vidya Dehejia
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1986. First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #466827
ISBN: 0801419077
Series; Franklin Jasper Walls lectures ; 1986. Physical description; 231 pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Notes; "[Published in connection with an exhibition] organized by the Pierpont Morgan Library as part of the Festival of India; presented at the Morgan Library, New York, 1 May-31 July 1986, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 9 September 1986-4 January 1987"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index. Contents; Transporters of picturesque beauties -- Strangers in the land of regrets -- In search of romantic India -- Native artists and exotic art -- Indian through the lens. Subjects; 1765-1947. Art, British ; Exhibitions. Art Great Britain. India in art. Arts, British India.
Price: €35.00