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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ILLUSTRATED RARE BOOKS IN THE IGNCA       Introduction

 

 The Bagh caves in the Gwalior state by Sir John Marshall  
TITLE The Bagh Caves in Gwalior state
AUTHOR  Sir John Marshall
PUBLICATION  India society, London
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 12 (SL-48241-SL-48252)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 954.3 BAG
ACC.No.   G4823
PUBLICATION YEAR 1927 
EDITION   1st 

 

Report on the Buddhist cave temples by Jas Burgers  

TITLE Report on the Buddhist caves temples & their inscriptions  
AUTHOR  James Burgers
PUBLICATION  Bharatiya publishing, Varanasi
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 12 (SL-48253-SL-48264)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 726.143 BUR
ACC.No.   594
PUBLICATION YEAR 1975

 

Report on the Ellora cave temple by Jas Burgers  

TITLE Report on the Ellora cave  temples
AUTHOR  Jas Burgers
PUBLICATION  Trubner, London
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 13 (SL-48265-SL-48277)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 294.535 BUR
ACC.No.   LD24195
PUBLICATION YEAR 1883

 

Letters written in the Maharatta camp during the year 1809 by Thomas Duer  

TITLE Letters written in a Maharatta camp, during the year 1809
AUTHOR  Thommas Duer Broughton
PUBLICATION  John Murray, London
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 10 slides (SL-48278-SL-48287)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 954 BRO
ACC.No.   698
PUBLICATION YEAR 1813

 

The Campaign in India (1857-58) by George Francklin Alkins  

TITLE The Campaign in India 1857-58 : from drawings made during the eventful period of the great mutiny
AUTHOR  George Francklin Atkinson
PUBLICATION  Day, London
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 26 (SL-48288-SL-48313)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 954.0317 ATK
ACC.No.   9643
PUBLICATION YEAR 1859

 

Campaign in India, 1857-58 : From drawings made during period of the great mutiny illustrating the military operations before Delhi and its neighbourhood—London:A Day & son, 1859.

The drawings made by Atkinson provide a live scene of the first war of freedom struggle in 1857 which is described by Britishers as mutiny. In all the pictures, their viewpoint is that they supported or conquered the rebellion whereas from the Indian point of view it was an effort to get the motherland free from the clutches of foreign power.

 

Les Hindous, ou description de, Leurs Costumes Et. Cers Monies,1810 Vol.-1  

TITLE Les Hindous, ou description de, Leurs costumes Et.cers Monies, Vol.-I
AUTHOR  F. Battazard Solvyns
PUBLICATION  Chezl’ Antuer, Paris
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 73 (SL-48314-SL-48386)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 915.484 TAY
ACC.No.   9644
PUBLICATION YEAR 1810

 

Balthazard Solvyns talented European artist arrived in Calcutta in 1791. He survived as a petty trader in art materials who also decorated coaches and palanquins. Solvyns did not meet the kind of success that the Daniells had received. ‘Les Hindous’ was created on Solvyns return to France in 1804. The four-volume set was exhaustive in its study of the castes of Calcutta. From banias and numerous sub-castes of Brahmins to nautch girls, Solvyns wrote and drew like an anthropologist documenting the attitudes and lives of a whole people.

Solvyns showers attention on the differentiation of dress and on the tools of the trade. Les Hindous offers to the art lovers the copper plate engraving by Francois Balthazard Solvyns, which deals with 19th century Calcutta. The black town alternately known as city of palaces which was non-European and dominated by Hindu artisan castes.

 

Sketches in the Deccan

TITLE Sketches in the Deccan
AUTHOR  Philip Meadows Taylor
PUBLICATION  Charles Tilt, London
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 20 (SL-48387-SL-48406)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 

 915.484 TAY
ACC.No.   9644
PUBLICATION YEAR 1837

 

Les Hindous, ou description de, Leurs Costumes Et. Cers Monies,1810 Vol.-2  

TITLE Les Hindous, ou description de, Leurs costumes Et.cers Monies, Vol.-II
AUTHOR  F.Battazard Solvyns
PUBLICATION  Chezl’ Antuer, Paris
TOTAL No. OF ILLUSTRATION 73 (SL-48407-SL-48479)

IGNCA CALL No. 

IGNCA BOOK No. 
ACC.No.  
PUBLICATION YEAR 1810

 

Balthazard Solvyns talented European artist arrived in Calcutta in 1791. He survived as a petty trader in art materials who also decorated coaches and palanquins. Solvyns did not meet the kind of success that the Daniells had received. ‘Les Hindous’ was created on Solvyns return to France in 1804. The four-volume set was exhaustive in its study of the castes of Calcutta. From banias and numerous sub-castes of Brahmins to nautch girls, Solvyns wrote and drew like an anthropologist documenting the attitudes and lives of a whole people.

Solvyns showers attention on the differentiation of dress and on the tools of the trade. Les Hindous offers to the art lovers the copper plate engraving by Francois Balthazard Solvyns, which deals with 19th century Calcutta. The black town alternately known as city of palaces which was non-European and dominated by Hindu artisan castes.

 

 

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