Bidspirit auction | Charles Doylys

Charles Doylys - British social life in India. Six hand-coloured lithograph plates from the book titled Tom Raw The Griffin By Sir Charles D Oylys humorous caricatures on British social life in India, 1828. Mounted & Pasted (i) Kaut-pootlies or Puppets, exhibited by native jugglers for the amusement of European children Image Size: 32.4 x 41.8 cm(6.4 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 41.8 x 52 cm(10.4 x 11.7 Inches) (ii) A dancing women, of Lucknow, exhibiting before an European family Image Size: 16.2 x 19 cm(6.3 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 26.5 x 29.8 cm(10.4 x 11.7 Inches) (iii) A gentleman with his hookah burdar or pipe burner. Image Size: 16.3 x 19 cm(6.4 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 26.5 x 29.8 cm(10.4 x 11.7 Inches) (iv) An European lady and her family attended by an Ayah or Nurse Image Size: 16.5 x 19 cm(6.4 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 26.5 x 30 cm(10.4 x 11.8 Inches) (v) A gentleman dressing, Attended by his head-bearer and other servants. Image Size: 16.5 x 19 cm(6.4 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 27.5 x 30 cm(10.8 x 11.8 Inches) (vi) A Gentlemans Kedmutgars or table servents bringing in dinner. Image Size: 16.5 x 19 cm(6.4 x 7.4 Inches) mount Size: 27.5 x 30 cm(10.8 x 11.8 Inches) Fine Conidition Provenance: Property of a Goan collector Keywords: Indian, India