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| Keywords: Scene in Kattiawar, Travellers and Escort.jpg en Scene in Kattiawar Travellers and Escort Scene in Kattiawar Travellers and Escort Artist Stanfield W Clarkson 1794-1867 Medium Aquatint coloured Date 1830 This is plate 10 from Robert Melville Grindlay's 'Scenery Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India' Grindlay 1786-1877 was only 17 when he arrived in India in 1803 He served with the Bombay Native Infantry from 1804 to 1820 and during this period made a large collection of sketches and drawings Kathiawar in Gujarat falls between the Gulf of Kachch and the Gulf of Khambat Cambay and was part of the Bombay Presidency Of the scene represented here Grindlay writes The progress of their caravans when in motion and their motley appearance when bivouacked for the night's halt are strikingly picturesque the varied figures of the mercantile travellers and their wild military escort offer some of the richest subjects for the pencil that can be imagined 1830 This is plate 10 from Robert Melville Grindlay's 'Scenery Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India' http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000400u00026000 html Stanfield W Clarkson 1794-1867 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Travellers Gulf of Khambhat | ||||
