A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.67
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.67
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c20.s2.67
One of the richest albums in the British Museum is the manuscript Add. 18801, inscribed with a note stating that the volume was dedicated as a pious donation in A. H. 1072 = A. D. 1661-2. In selecting from it certain pictures for reproduction, I am able to avail myself of the authority of Sir Joshua Reynolds, who examined the collection in July, 1777, and expressed his particular admiration for the following six works:—