A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s4.5

c15.s4.5

The subjects, both religious and secular, are varied. The kindness of Mr. G. Wathen, Curator of the Lahore Museum, has supplied me with photographs of seven works selected by him as the best, and coloured sketches of the same prepared by Mrs. Wathen indicate the effect of the originals. A detailed list of the seven pictures is given in the note at the end of this section. The forest scene is not a success, the monkeys being ridiculous, and curiously like the illustrations of the advertisements of a well-known brand of soap. The portrait of the European officer is an ill-drawn failure, and that of the Mahārājā is stiff and poorly executed.