[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c15.s5.55 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s5.55 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s5.55 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.55) Probably the best example of modern book illustration in the Indo-Persian style is the manuscript \*Gulistān\* of the Alwar Library prepared for Mahārāja Bannī Singh (1824–57), an ardent art collector and liberal patron. The pictures have been sumptuously reproduced under Col. Hendley's direction in \*Ulwar and its Art Treasures\* (Griggs, 1888). The text of the manuscript was written by Āgā Mīrzā of Delhi in the course of twelve years; the beautiful borders were designed and painted by Nathū Shah and Kari Abdul Rahmān of Delhi, and the illustrations - [Previous: c15.s5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.54) - [Next: c15.s5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.56) - [Up: c15.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.s5.55) · Pramāṇa