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| Keywords: Sir John Dalling and fellow officers in procession; and Sir John Dalling and fellow officers watching a nautch.jpg Tanjore School circa 1785-6 Sir John Dalling and fellow officers in procession; and Sir John Dalling and fellow officers watching a nautch one with inscription 'General Sir John Dalling Bart/Governor of Madras ' on the stretcher pen and black ink and bodycolour heightened with gold varnished on paper laid down on canvas 24¼ x 35¾ in 61 5 x 90 8 cm a pair 2 Special Notice No VAT will be charged on the hammer price but VAT at 17 5 will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis Pre-Lot Text The art historical term Company School Painting is derived from the patrons who for the most part were employees of the various European East India Companies The European visitor to India who arrived in the last quarter of the 18th Century tended to have time on his hands to appreciate Indian culture A romantic fascination with Indian everyday life led the Europeans to commission vast sets of watercolours to send back to friends and family depicting tradesmen and local crafts conveyances bazaars architecture and the local flora and fauna Indian artists were trained in the court ateliers of Mughal and Rajput leaders as manuscript illustrators Their technique was characterized by a vibrant palette and a miniaturist attention to detail where pattern was more important than naturalism Western naturalism however began to influence the local artists as they began to copy the painting techniques and palettes of artists such as Hodges the Daniells Solvyns and D'Oyly Company painting was a short-lived phenomenon at its apogee between 1800-1840 Earlier works are rare and after 1850 photography was a preferred medium to record Indian life for the people back home The Property of a Family Trust circa 1785 -6 http //www christies com/Lotfinder/lot_details aspx sid intObjectID 4572605 SE CMWCAT04+106347+-1655137794+ QR M+1+0+Aqc0000900+93051++Aqc0000900+ entry india SU 1 SN 7074 RQ True AN 1 Tanjore School PD-Art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Nautch in art John Windham Dalling | ||||
