Portrait of the Hindus Balthazar Solvyns and the European Image of India 1760-1824

Name: Portrait of the Hindus Balthazar Solvyns and the European Image of India 1760-1824
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ISBN: 9780195220414

ISBN-10: 0195220412

ISBN-13: 9780195220414

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert L. Hardgrave, Robert L. Hardgrave

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The Flemish artist Francois Balthazar Solvyns, who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, is little known, but his collection of etchings of the Hindus provide a rich and compelling portrait of India two hundred years ago. These remarkable prints, depicting the people of Bengal in their occupations, festivals, and daily life, and the accompanying descriptive text, are only available in rare book collections and have rarely been referred to by scholars of Indian culture and history. In Part I of this lavishly illustrated volume, Robert Hardgrave introduces Solvyn's life and work. Part II reproduces Solvyn's etchings and descriptions, with Hardgrave's detailed commentary. This book will make…

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List price: $108.90
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Size: 12.28" wide x 9.02" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 6.490




Francois Balthazar Solvyns Life and Work


Acknowledgments


Introduction



From Antwerp to Calcutta: A Flemish Artist in India



Return to Europe: Les Hindous



Balthazar Solvyns, Artist and Orientalist



Les Hindous: Preliminary Discourse



A Portrait of the Hindus


Solvyns's Calcutta


Castes and Occupations


Dresses of Hindu Men and of Hindu Women


Servants of the European Household in Calcutta


Fakirs and Religious Mendicants


Musical Instruments


Festivals and Ceremonies


Sati


Modes of Smoking, &c


Modes of Conveyance


Boats of Bengal


Natural History: Plants and Animals


Indian Heads



Solvyns in Libraries


Bibliography


Index & Glossary