Lot 36
P. Brown, Lahore Museum Punjab. A descriptive guide to the department of industrial arts. Calcutta 1909.
Estimate
€ 1.200
Starting Price
€ 800
Lot:
36
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Percy, A.R.C.A. (Kurator) Brown
Brown, Percy, A.R.C.A. (Kurator): Lahore Museum Punjab. No. 2. A descriptive guide to the Department of Industrial Art. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. 1909. 23,7 x 15,8 cm. With an illustrated title page, frontispiece and a further XV plates in black and white. XVII pp., 1 blank page, 122 pp. Original box, lined with linen adhesive tape.
(Scuffed and bumped. With some tears in the cover paper. Slightly tanned throughout.)
The Lahore Museum, founded in 1865 and relocated to its present site in 1894, is the largest and most visited museum in Pakistan, and Brown was its seventh curator. In addition to doors, the collection includes paintings from the Mughal, Sikh and British periods, as well as artifacts from the Indus Valley civilisation.
(Scuffed and bumped. With some tears in the cover paper. Slightly tanned throughout.)
The Lahore Museum, founded in 1865 and relocated to its present site in 1894, is the largest and most visited museum in Pakistan, and Brown was its seventh curator. In addition to doors, the collection includes paintings from the Mughal, Sikh and British periods, as well as artifacts from the Indus Valley civilisation.