TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardgrave,Robert L.
TI  - Portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European image of India, 1760-1824
SN  - 9780195220414
U1  - 922.945 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press in asociation with Mapin Pub.
KW  - Portraits, Indic
KW  - India
KW  - Hindus
KW  - Artists
KW  - Europe
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-561) and index; Pt. I; Francois Balthazar Solvyns Life and Work --; Ch. 1; From Antwerp to Calcutta: A Flemish Artist in India --; Ch. 2; Return to Europe: Les Hindous --; Ch. 3; Balthazar Solvyns, Artist and Orientalist --; Ch. 4; Les Hindous: Preliminary Discourse --; Pt. II; A Portrait of the Hindus --; Solvyns's Calcutta --; Castes and Occupations --; Dresses of Hindu Men and of Hindu Women --; Servants of the European Household in Calcutta --; Fakirs and Religious Mendicants --; Musical Instruments --; Festivals and Ceremonies --; Sati --; Modes of Smoking, &c --; Modes of Conveyance --; Boats of Bengal --; Natural History: Plants and Animals --; Indian Heads --; App. I; Solvyns in Libraries
ER  -