A lovely collection of engravings, printed on excellent, quality paper. It’s an art book and a must have collectible for connoisseurs with an interest in Indian history. These are beautiful snapshots of India at the end of the eighteenth century and offer an unparalleled glimpse into a long gone time. Each picture is to be savored and it is easy to immerse yourself into the scapes, and you feel like a time traveler. Expensive, but worth it, in my opinion. The views of Delhi with open spaces alone is worth it. The sweetest of nostalgias and perfectly rendered.
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I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
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It looks interesting!
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Posted by Mick Canning | 05/06/2016, 10:00 PMIt is. You can see the prints online on a British Library online exhibit too. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/06/2016, 6:12 AMThanks – I’ll look for that.
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Posted by Mick Canning | 06/06/2016, 11:47 AMhttp://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000004323u00014000.html could be a start. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/06/2016, 11:56 AMThat’s perfect. Thanks.
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Posted by Mick Canning | 06/06/2016, 1:09 PMYou’re welcome. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/06/2016, 1:12 PMthanks for the review. I’m gonna grab this one soon!
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Posted by Bhargavi | 05/06/2016, 9:19 AMI’m glad you liked it. It’s a visual feast, that book. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/06/2016, 9:20 AMcool.. I’ve been searching for a good Indian History book
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Posted by Bhargavi | 05/06/2016, 9:31 AMOh this is not a history book, it’s an art book. The Daniells traveled across India in the late 1700s and painted many scenes that they then published. The prints in this book are art covers, with a little caption for context, nothing more. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/06/2016, 11:21 AM