Kashmir paintings by Australian artist Mortimer Menpes
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| A Dogra Soldier |
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| Dogra Soldier |
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| A Hindu Shepherd |
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| Kashmiri Pandit |
The above ones are from ‘The Durbar’ (1903) by Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes based on Delhi Durbar of 1903. The below ones are from an earlier publication ‘World pictures; being a record in colour’ (1902).
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| Natch Girl of Kashmir |
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| Sopora |
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| Dwellings on Jhelum |
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Very cool paintings. Particularly like 5 and 6. Where do you unearth all these treasures from?
Mostly archive.org, I started reading and posting stuff from books hosted there around 4 years ago… kept going as one book lead to another and another.
Well, you certainly have an eye for the good stuff. I always discover something new (about the old) from your two blogs.
I urgently require a high resolution of picture of the Nautch girl – Hafiz Nagma, for my book. Please let me know how can I purchase it.
Regards
All the material is available for free on this site. Use the searchbar to search the image. But, a high quality may not be always available. For that I have to separately go through my personal collection and scan. Do write if you have any image in mind, I will try.