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A history of fine art in India and Ceylon : from the earliest times to the present day (1911)

Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920 · Oxford : Clarendon press · leaf 503

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hading is used. | Portrait of The picture on folio 18, of special excellence, is selected for reproduction (Pl.C XIX). Prince The birds in this album, exquisitely drawn and coloured, are worthy of Mansur Salim. and may possibly be from his brush. I admire particularly the picture on folio 8 of… … Another remarkable bird study is that on folio 10 representing admirably a wild duck standing by the side ofa pool at the foot of a hillock (Pl. CX XI). The sunlight on the face of the hillock is boldly indicated, as in Basawan’s picture (axde, Pl. CX VII), by a wash of gold, with surprisingly fine…

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