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[[File:Delhi Book (detail Thomas Metcalfe).jpg|right|thumb|Thomas Metcalfe]] | [[File:Delhi Book (detail Thomas Metcalfe).jpg|right|thumb|Thomas Metcalfe]] | ||
'''Delhi Book''' or '''Delhie Book''' titled '''Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi''' is a collection of paintings done in [[company style]], | '''Delhi Book''' or '''Delhie Book''' titled '''Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi''' is a collection of paintings done in [[company style]], commissioned by [[Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet|Sir Thomas Metcalfe]] in 1844. It contains 120 paintings by Indian artists, mainly by Mughal painter, [[Mazhar Ali Khan (painter)|Mazhar Ali Khan]].<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prdraw/asianprintsdrawings/delhibook/ The 'Delhi Book' of Thomas Metcalfe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The book was bought by the [[British Library]] and displayed in London.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/aug/16/art.highereducation William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
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The book containing the paintings was sent to England for Metcalfe's daughter, Emily. | The book containing the paintings was sent to England for Metcalfe's daughter, Emily. | ||
==The | ==The book== | ||
The Delhi Book is an album consisting of 89 folios with approximately 130 paintings by Indian artists. The paintings depict [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] and pre-Mughal monuments of [[Delhi]], the lives of native Indians | The Delhi Book is an album consisting of 89 folios with approximately 130 paintings by Indian artists. The paintings depict [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] and pre-Mughal monuments of [[Delhi]], the lives of native Indians, and other contemporary material. Metcalfe added extensive descriptions to almost all paintings and bound them into a book. He had assembled the album as a gift for his daughter, Emily, who at the time in 1844 lived in England. The most important feature of the book{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} is that it shows buildings as they were before the [[siege of Delhi]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. Many of these structures were razed, vandalized, or suffered neglect in the years following the Mutiny. | ||
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File:Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843.jpg|Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843, which now houses the [[Laser Science and Technology Centre]] ([[DRDO]]). | File:Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843.jpg|Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843, which now houses the [[Laser Science and Technology Centre]] ([[DRDO]]). | ||
File:St Jame's Church, Delhi, folio from book by Thomas Metcalfe, 1843.jpg|[[St. James' Church, Delhi]] | File:St Jame's Church, Delhi, folio from book by Thomas Metcalfe, 1843.jpg|[[St. James' Church, Delhi]] | ||
File:A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor Bahadur Shah to celebrate the feast of the 'Id., 1843.jpg|A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar II]] to celebrate the feast of the 'Id., 1843. | File:A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor Bahadur Shah to celebrate the feast of the 'Id., 1843.jpg|A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar II]] to celebrate the feast of the 'Id., 1843. | ||
File:Details of Skinner's Tomb, St. James' Church, Delhi.jpg|Details of the tomb of [[James Skinner (soldier)|Colonel James Skinner]] C.B. at | File:Details of Skinner's Tomb, St. James' Church, Delhi.jpg|Details of the tomb of [[James Skinner (soldier)|Colonel James Skinner]] C.B. at [[St. James' Church, Delhi]], and Styles and titles in Persian of Metcalfe as Agent of [[Governor-General of India]](right page) | ||
File:Description of assassination of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India, in a 1843 manuscript.jpg|Description of assassination of [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Frazer]], Agent to the [[Governor-General of India]], on 22 March 1835, in Delhi. | File:Description of assassination of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India, in a 1843 manuscript.jpg|Description of assassination of [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Frazer]], Agent to the [[Governor-General of India]], on 22 March 1835, in Delhi. | ||
File:Folio from 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album by Thomas Metcalfe, 1843.jpg|Scenes from a Royal procession, and a party of [[Skinner's Horse]] regiment. | File:Folio from 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album by Thomas Metcalfe, 1843.jpg|Scenes from a Royal procession, and a party of [[Skinner's Horse]] regiment. | ||