Lot 304

India - Company School studies showing costume and daily life












Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
£2,750
Description
72 watercolours depicting scenes of Indian men and women working and performing various tasks, also 7 Chinese watercolours showing boats and insects painted on rice paper, and another showing a woman and child painted on fabric, each Indian image c.21 x 17cm, various watermarks including "Imperial Government Foolscap", "Indian Foolscap" and "T.P.F", some leaves watermarked 1881 and 1882, all mounted on coloured paper, contained in a contemporary album











