Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej · MARG Publications · 1989

India: A Pageant of Prints

USD 105

A survey of India through historical prints. It is a highly respected foundational reference text for collectors, historians, and art dealers focusing on colonial-era Indian visual culture.

A richly illustrated survey of printed images of India and the ways in which printmakers represented the subcontinent.

An important reference for the history of the printed image in India and for collectors of early views and illustrated travel books.

Description:

First edition. Quarto (approx. 33.4 x 24.9 cm). xii, 240 pp. Illustrated with a profusion of high-quality monochrome and full-color plates. Publisher's original black cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in bronze/gold; graphic dust jacket.

Catalog Note:

An essential, comprehensive compendium examining the rich history of Western printmaking regarding the Indian subcontinent from the 18th to the 19th centuries. Edited by pioneering art historians Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej, this volume aggregates deeply researched essays covering aquatints, lithographs, etchings, and engravings produced by both traveling European masters (such as Thomas and William Daniell) and local printing presses. The text systematically analyzes how these printed images documented the architectural marvels, landscape topographies, military campaigns, and diverse social customs of India under the shifting lens of British patronage and empire.

India: A Pageant of Prints remains an indispensable reference tool for verifying the provenance, historical context, and variations of antiquarian Anglo-Indian prints.

Edition

First edition

Provenance

Anirban Sadhu and Rejina Sadhu ownership stamp; acquisition note dated 17 March 2007, Basel.

Condition

The title page appears clean with an ownership stamp and dated acquisition note. The covers, jacket and illustrations are complete.

Status

Available