Bundi in Rajasthan

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Size:	19.5 x 22.5 inches (framed)
Medium:	Hand Coloured Engraving
Condition:	Good condition; light spotting and small pin holes in margins

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A fine hand-coloured engraving by C. Bentley, after W. Westall from “Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India” by Robert Melville Grindlay. Published in London: by Smith, Elter & Co., [1826]-1830. The fine hand-coloured plates from this book are by Reeve, Fielding and others after Grindlay, but also Westall, Stanfield, Roberts and others; this work is also one of the few books in which the name of the colourist is mentioned: J.B. Hogarth. The title of the engraving is “The Town and Pass of Boondi in Rajpootana” and depicts the town and pass of Bundi (Rajputana) in Rajasthan. Bundi was founded in 1341 by Rao Deva and is situated in a narrow valley within the Aravalli Hills in Rajasthan. The ruling family of the state, the Hara Chauhan clan of Rajputs, built a series of impressive palaces, gardens and tanks, which appear to have been carved out of the hillside in several tiers. The town is full of attractive garden pavilions, step well tanks, temples and memorial pavilions. One of the palace complexes of the town can be seen on the hill in the background of this view.
William Westall ARA (12 October 1781 - 22 January 1850) was a British painter best known for his views of the Australian landscape. While studying at the Royal Academy schools, he was appointed as the official draughtsman for a naval survey voyage led by Commander Matthew Flinders. Sailing in the Investigator, Flinders’s voyage departed from London in 1801 and arrived five months later on the western coast of Australia. The Investigator then travelled along the southern and eastern coasts before returning along the northern coast, becoming the first European vessel to circumnavigate the continent. Once the circumnavigation was complete, Westall made his own way home via India. As he was on the British government payroll at the time, he had no right to do so without permission, and must have known it, since, just before departing for India, he wrote a long letter justifying his travel plans. In doing so he complained about the monotony of the Australian landscape, declared that he would not have agreed to the position if he had known that the voyage was confined to Australia alone, and hinted that he had the right to go to India as compensation for the failure of the Investigator to stop anywhere interesting. The admiralty took a dim view of the letter, terminating his employment immediately, and telling him to make his own way home. Robert Melville Grindlay (1786 - 1877) was a self taught amateur artist, founder of the ANZ Grindlays Bank and went to India in 1803, aged 17. He worked with the East India Company and served with the Seventh Bombay Native Infantry from 1804 - 1820 and during this period made a large number of sketches and drawings recording the life and landscape of India. The subjects included scenes and views of Bombay, Golconda, Ellora and Guzerat were published in “Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India.”
Charles Bentley (1805/6–4 September 1854), was an English watercolour painter of coastal and river scenery.
'Next to Daniell, the most attractive colour plate book on India' (Tooley).

The engraving measures 9.75 x 12.75 inches without the frame and 19.5 x 22.5 inches with the frame.

Description

A fine hand-coloured engraving by C. Bentley, after W. Westall from “Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India” by Robert Melville Grindlay. Published in London: by Smith, Elter & Co., [1826]-1830. The fine hand-coloured plates from this book are by Reeve, Fielding and others after Grindlay, but also Westall, Stanfield, Roberts and others; this work is also one of the few books in which the name of the colourist is mentioned: J.B. Hogarth. The title of the engraving is “The Town and Pass of Boondi in Rajpootana” and depicts the town and pass of Bundi (Rajputana) in Rajasthan. Bundi was founded in 1341 by Rao Deva and is situated in a narrow valley within the Aravalli Hills in Rajasthan. The ruling family of the state, the Hara Chauhan clan of Rajputs, built a series of impressive palaces, gardens and tanks, which appear to have been carved out of the hillside in several tiers. The town is full of attractive garden pavilions, step well tanks, temples and memorial pavilions. One of the palace complexes of the town can be seen on the hill in the background of this view.
William Westall ARA (12 October 1781 - 22 January 1850) was a British painter best known for his views of the Australian landscape. While studying at the Royal Academy schools, he was appointed as the official draughtsman for a naval survey voyage led by Commander Matthew Flinders. Sailing in the Investigator, Flinders’s voyage departed from London in 1801 and arrived five months later on the western coast of Australia. The Investigator then travelled along the southern and eastern coasts before returning along the northern coast, becoming the first European vessel to circumnavigate the continent. Once the circumnavigation was complete, Westall made his own way home via India. As he was on the British government payroll at the time, he had no right to do so without permission, and must have known it, since, just before departing for India, he wrote a long letter justifying his travel plans. In doing so he complained about the monotony of the Australian landscape, declared that he would not have agreed to the position if he had known that the voyage was confined to Australia alone, and hinted that he had the right to go to India as compensation for the failure of the Investigator to stop anywhere interesting. The admiralty took a dim view of the letter, terminating his employment immediately, and telling him to make his own way home. Robert Melville Grindlay (1786 - 1877) was a self taught amateur artist, founder of the ANZ Grindlays Bank and went to India in 1803, aged 17. He worked with the East India Company and served with the Seventh Bombay Native Infantry from 1804 - 1820 and during this period made a large number of sketches and drawings recording the life and landscape of India. The subjects included scenes and views of Bombay, Golconda, Ellora and Guzerat were published in “Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India.”
Charles Bentley (1805/6–4 September 1854), was an English watercolour painter of coastal and river scenery.
'Next to Daniell, the most attractive colour plate book on India' (Tooley).

The engraving measures 9.75 x 12.75 inches without the frame and 19.5 x 22.5 inches with the frame.

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Size:	19.5 x 22.5 inches (framed)
Medium:	Hand Coloured Engraving
Condition:	Good condition; light spotting and small pin holes in margins

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