Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Sat 11 September 2010 to Sun 9 January 2011
Mellon Gallery (13)
This autumn, a landmark exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum explores the monumental artistic legacy of one of the world’s greatest literary epics: the 1000 year-old Persian ‘Book of Kings’, or Shahnameh. (more…)
Hindoo Mut in the Chitpore Bazaar.
Charles D’Oyly was a man of boundless energy, a satirical observer of Anglo-Indian life. Between 1821 and 1832 when D’Oyly lived in Patna, travellers up the Ganges would stop there and spend lively evenings at his house, admiring his drawings and dining well.
The original drawings for this work were probably made between 1833 and 1838 while D’Oyly was Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt, and Opium and Marine Board in Calcutta, but some must have been completed between 1839 and 1845 when he retired. The complete work was published after D’Oyly’s death in Italy in 1845. D’Oyly, the son of a well-known nabob became the centre of a fashionable group devoted to drawing.
Lithograph with original hand-colour heightened with gum Arabic. Approx. 340 x 540mm. (13 x 21ins). Lithographed by W. Robert and Lowes Dickinson after drawings by the late Sir Charles D’Oyly Bart. (more…)
From India Ancient and Modern. A Series of Illustrations of the Country and People of India and Adjacent Territories with text by Sir John William Kaye. (more…)
A unique print of Indian craftsmen from a set India Ancient and Modern. A Series of Illustrations of the Country and People of India and Adjacent Territories with text by Sir John William Kaye. (more…)
North East View of the Cotsea Bhaug on the River Jumna, Delhi.
The Mausoleum of Amir Khusero, at the ancient city of Delhi.
Hindoo Temples at Bindrabund on the River Jumna. From Oriental Scenery.
