From Edinburgh to India & Burmah

by W. G. Burn Murdoch

Hardcover, 1908

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Available

Publication

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., [1908]. Twenty-four color illustrations from paintings by the author.

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LibraryThing member DramMan
Travel memoir of the artist's journey to India and Burma, 1906, with his wife. The period coincides with the visit of The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and his wife - along with the departure of one Viceroy (Curzon) and the arrival of another (Minto). The prose is seems surprisingly modern,
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the author appraises all with a painter's eye - majoring on colour and couching remarks with reference to other painters - Whistler, Velazquez, Watteau etc. The book is lavishly illustrated with coloured watercolours and many black and white illustrations. Many astute observations but, admittedly, other more outdated views and predjudice.
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