Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 129 142 i. Patna Painting Mildred Archer New York: Russell F. Moore Company, 1949 Third Edition 8.4 x 5.6 in (21.9 x14.5 cm) Cover: Cream paper with grey cloth spine 106pp / 48 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound Condition: Good for all items in the Lot. This is a rare and little known 3rd edition of Archer’s book rst published in 1947 in London and reprinted in 1948. ii. Indian Painting for the British 1770 – 1880 Essay by Mildred & W.G. Archer London: Oxford University Press, 1955 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘An Artist at Work’, watercolour, Lucknow, c.1815 10.0 x 7.8 in (25.7 x 19.5 cm) Cover: Red cloth with title imprinted in gold 183pp / 51 monochrome plates and 1 map Binding: Hardbound (original) This is W.G. Archer’s signed presentation copy to C.A.F. Dundas, January 1956 iii. Natural History Drawings in the India Ofce Library Mildred Archer London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Ofce, 1962 First Edition 9.8 x 7.4 in (25.0 x19.1 cm) Cover: Depiction of the Arms of the East India Company, granted to the ‘New’ East India Company in 1698 and were adopted by the ‘United’ Company in 1709. Title embossed in gold on the spine. Printed dustjacket. 147pp / 1 col and 31 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) iv. Room for Wonder Indian Painting during the British Period 1760-1880 Stuart Cary Welch New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1978 First Edition 9.6 x 9.2 in (24.7 x 23.7 cm) Cover: Printed with an image of ‘Pony Riding’, signed: Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, Eastern India, Calcutta 186pp / 16 col & 96 b/w repros with 1 map Binding: Softbound v. India Observed India as Viewed by British Artists 1760 – 1860 (Exhibition Catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Library of the V&A Museum as part of the Festival of India 26 April-5 July 1982) Mildred Archer & Ronald Lightbrown London: Victoria and Albert Musuem, 1982 9.5 x. 6.0 in (24.0 x 15.0 cm) Cover: Printed cover with ‘Indian architecture: a capriccio composition. Aquatint engraved by R.G. Reeve after a drawing by D. Roberts, from Robert Grindlay’. Title printed on the cover and the spine in black. 160pp / 6 col and 72 b/w reproductions Binding: Softbound vi. Visions of India – The Sketchbooks of William Simpson 1859-62 Mildred Archer Introduction by Paul Theroux Oxford: Phaidon, 1986 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘William Simpson in Indian dress, 1874’ 10.0 x 10.0 in (25.4 x.25.4 cm) Cover: Black rexin with title embossed in gold on the spine and a printed dustjacket 144pp / 60 col & 53 b/w reproductions with 1 map. Binding: Hardbound (original) vii. The Passionate Quest – The Fraser Brothers in India Mildred Archer & Toby Falk London: Alfalak / Scorpion, 1989 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Seven recruits, Harayana, c.1815-16.’ Identied in Persian and inscribed on cover-paper in William’s hand. 10.0 x 10.0 in (26.0 x 26.0 cm) Cover: Black rexin with title embossed in gold on the spine with a printed dustjacket. 144pp / 69 col and 90 b/w reproductions with 2 maps Binding: Hardbound (original) viii. India Served and Observed William and Mildred Archer Introduction by Giles Eyre London: BACSA, 1994 First Edition 8.4 x 6.0 in (20.9 x 15.0 cm) Cover: A detail from Thomas Daniell’s painting of Cleveland House, Bhagalpur. Title printed in red on the front and black on spine. 170pp / 44 b/w reproductions and 4 line drawings with 1 map Binding: Softbound INR 200,000 – 250,000 USD 4,500 – 5,650 (Set of 8)