BRITISH WARSHIPS OFF AN ITALIAN COAST, KUTCH, WESTERN INDIA,...
BRITISH WARSHIPS OFF AN ITALIAN COAST, KUTCH, WESTERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY - ink and watercolour on paper,
black painted border, with cloth lining and backing paper, the latter inscribed in devanagari script - 25.5 x 39cm (image) - Provenance: Private Collection, Northern England. The interest in western prints amongst Indian artists resulting from increasing interaction with Europe is well known, but the artists of Kutch from the mid-18th century onwards, developed a unique style, with works ranging from exact copies of European scenes to local scenes with exotic European features. See B.N.Goswamy and A.L.Dallapiccola, 'A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720-1820, Delhi, 1983, p. 33ff.
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BRITISH WARSHIPS OFF AN ITALIAN COAST, KUTCH, WESTERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY - ink and watercolour on paper,
black painted border, with cloth lining and backing paper, the latter inscribed in devanagari script - 25.5 x 39cm (image) - Provenance: Private Collection, Northern England. The interest in western prints amongst Indian artists resulting from increasing interaction with Europe is well known, but the artists of Kutch from the mid-18th century onwards, developed a unique style, with works ranging from exact copies of European scenes to local scenes with exotic European features. See B.N.Goswamy and A.L.Dallapiccola, 'A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720-1820, Delhi, 1983, p. 33ff.
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