Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts & Books | 21 Plate from Patna Painting 3 Focus on the Archers Patna Painting By MILDRED ARCHER Published in 1948 by David Marlowe Ltd for the Royal India Society, London The first book by the great historian of British-Indian art largely based on interviews with the last generation of Patna painters. Includes biographies of Patna painters of the 19th century and portraits of some of them. pp. xv, 47 + 48 b&w plates on art paper 8.7 x 5.7 in (22.2 x 14.5 cm) Indian Painting For The British 1770-1880 By MILDRED and W. G. ARCHER Presentation Copy Signed by Both Authors Published by Oxford University Press in UK in 1955 A seminal and exhaustive work not superseded yet in scholarship. Covers Indian painting for the British in Murshidabad, Patna, Benares, Lucknow, Delhi, Southern India, Western India, Natural History Paintings and Causes of Decline. pp. xiv, 155 + 24 plates 10.0 x 7.7 in (25.5 x 19.5 cm) Provenance Eminent Private Collector of Rare Books & Prints, Dehra Dun INR 30,000 – 45,000 USD 450 – 670 Set of 2