Osian's Auction Catalogue Creative India Series 1 Bengal | December 2011

B alTHazar s olvyns 6 July 1760 – 10 October 1824 a Penitent of Benaras Black chalk & watercolour on paper, 1795-98 15.2 x 10.4 in (38.5 x 26.3 cm) Condition Grime & dirt along right hand side of the painting. Provenance Private Collector, Mumbai. Acquired from Christie’s (Paris) in 2007. ` 150,000 – 225,000 US$ 3,000 – 4,500 Antiquity / A.S.I. Registered Non-Exportable Item 4 1780 1795 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2011 Creative India BENGaL | The Artists and Printmakers of the ‘Picturesque’ Illustrative reference This original drawing (Lot 4) was also made into a coloured etching for Solvyn’s magnum opus: A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos, 1796 - 1799 Godrej, Pheroza [Director] [2007]. Hindoostan: Exhbition of paintings & prints from the private collection of Varsha M. Thacker & Dinesh M. Thacker. Mumbai: [ExC.] Cymroza Art Gallery; np [Solvyns] 21 20