Portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European image of India, 1760-1824 /
Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.
- New York : Oxford University Press in asociation with Mapin Pub., 2004.
- 568 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-561) and index.
Francois Balthazar Solvyns Life and Work -- From Antwerp to Calcutta: A Flemish Artist in India -- Return to Europe: Les Hindous -- Balthazar Solvyns, Artist and Orientalist -- Les Hindous: Preliminary Discourse -- A Portrait of the Hindus -- Solvyns's Calcutta -- Castes and Occupations -- Dresses of Hindu Men and of Hindu Women -- Servants of the European Household in Calcutta -- Fakirs and Religious Mendicants -- Musical Instruments -- Festivals and Ceremonies -- Sati -- Modes of Smoking, &c -- Modes of Conveyance -- Boats of Bengal -- Natural History: Plants and Animals -- Indian Heads -- Solvyns in Libraries. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Pt. II. App. I.