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Portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European image of India, 1760-1824 / Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press in asociation with Mapin Pub., 2004.Description: 568 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9780195220414
  • 0195220412
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 922.945 HAR/P
Contents:
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.
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General Books Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section 922.945 HAR/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available P10250
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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.

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