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

24 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art 6 Focus on the Archers a. A Journey to Hindoostan Graphic Art of British India 1780-1860 Essay by MILDRED ARCHER Catalogue of an exhibition held in the USA in 1987 pp. 71 with index to artists Coloured frontispiece + 74 b&w illustrations, mostly 2 to a page, some full page. 28 artists are represented from William Hodges to William Simpson 13-page biographical notes on artists 9-page essay by Mildred Archer Large Softcover / 11 x 8.5 inches b. Artist Adventurers in Eighteenth Century India Thomas and William Daniell Introduction by MILDRED ARCHER London gallery Spink & Son’s catalogue issued 1974 pp. 38 + 12 plates c. India And The Daniells: Oil Paintings of India and The East by Thomas Daniell Ra 1749-1840 and William Daniell Ra 1769-1837 By MAURICE SHELLIM / with a foreword by MILDRED ARCHER Published by Inchcape in 1979/ Printed in Italy pp. 144 with all 151 oil paintings by the two great artists reproduced in colour or b&w Hardback with canvas-style endpapers / 13.5 x 11 inches Bound in silk with gilt title on cover with 15 appendices including the lists of works exhibited by the two Daniells at the Royal Academy and the British Institution, presented to Victoria Memorial by Bijay Chand Mahtab of Burdwan, George Lyell and Prodyot Coomar Tagore d. The Passionate Quest The Fraser Brothers In India By MILDRED ARCHER & TOBY FALK London: 1989 / pp. 144 e. Thomas And William Prinsep In India 16-page catalogue of an exhibition held in London in April 1982 2-page essay by Dr MILDRED ARCHER 71 items described 1 colour illustration cover, 1 b&w illustration on back, 8 b&w illustrations inside covers [total 10 illustrations] Stapled softcover/ 9.5 x 6.5 inches Provenance Eminent Private Collector of Rare Books & Prints, Dehra Dun INR 20,000 – 30,000 USD 300 – 450 Set of 5 a b Plate from A Journey to Hindoostan Plate from The Passionate Quest d c e