A Portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European Image of India 1760-1824

by Robert L. Hardgrave Jr.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195220412
• ISBN13: 9780195220414
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 6.55 lbs.