Description
During the nineteenth century, the British and other Europeans were eager to learn about India’s complex and highly developed cultures that were so different from their own. In response, artists produced paintings and illustrated travel accounts. This work combines popular strains in 19th-century European art: Romanticism and a fascination with exotic tropical locales, especially India. The Romantic concept of the sublime depicts nature as combining beauty, awe and terror.
Condition: Generally very good, printed on card, recently professional professionally cleaned and restored to tip in a few minor chips in blank margins, and with some light remaining overall toning and wear including light stain from former taping to mat in upper margin (easily matted out).