2024-03-28T22:59:32Z
http://localhost:8183/OAI_BAC/src/OAIOrbisTool.jsp
oai:orbis.library.yale.edu:9411200
2022-04-26
bacrb
03372cam a2200457 a 4500
9411200
20220426174038.0
810714s1799 ii 000 0 eng d
(OCoLC)ocn689484569
9411200
NLE
NLE
CtY-BA
1008401474
Solvyns, Balt.
(Balthazar),
1760-1824.
A catalogue of 250 coloured etchings :
descriptive of the manners, customs, character, dress, and religious ceremonies of the Hindoos /
By Balt. Solvyns, Calcutta.
Catalogue of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings
[Calcutta] :
Mirror Press,
1799.
[6], 28 p. ;
23 cm.
Brief descriptions of the separately published etchings in: A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos, by Balt: Solvyns. (Calcutta : [Mirror Press], 1799; ESTC T128068.
"According to Bohn, 1847, this work was originally undertaken at the instigation and under the patronage of Sir William Jones, the famous orientalist. The owner's note quoted above shows that Solvyns began it in 1793, but had not finished delivering copies even ten years later, although he had begun delivering finished sets in about 1800."--Abbey.
"The originals of the above plates are in the Victoria and Albert Museum."--Abbey.
Shaw, G. Printing in Calcutta to 1800, 347
English short title catalogue,
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1342864
T128067
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860,
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q107432658
Cf. 421
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in tree calf. Inscribed: Alex Gordon. Annotation: These etchings were begun by Mr Solvyns on a liberal subscription, viz 250 rupees each set, in the year 1793, & the copy to which this is a catalogue was delivered April 27th, 1803--Mr S. has indeed been finishing & delivering copies occasionally these three years past. Previously housed with the Abbey/Gordon copy of the collection of etchings (BAC Folio A 2010 43).
Public Domain
public domain
CtY-BA
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/copyrightStatus/pub
Hinduism
India
Pictorial works.
Anthropology, Cultural
India
Pictorial works.
Clothing and dress
India
Pictorial works.
Culture
India
Pictorial works.
Occupations
India
Pictorial works.
Musical instruments
India
Pictorial works.
Festivals
India
Pictorial works.
Ships
India
Pictorial works.
India
Social life and customs
Pictorial works.
Chron.
1799.
Calcutta
Imprints
Specimens
1799.
Gordon, Alex
Autograph.
Jones, William,
1726-1800,
associated name.
Collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings.
Exhibited in:
Adapting the Eye: An Archive of the British in India, 1770-1830
(Yale Center for British Art,
October 11, 2011-December 31, 2011)
(CtY-BA)752
CtY-BA
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:9411200