WD4493

Album of drawings made during Massingham’s first tour of India in 1986.

Cloth covered notebook purchased from a stationer in New Delhi. 290 by 230 mm.

Note: Massingham’s luggage was stolen three months into this journey, so this notebook replaced the sketchbook he had originally been using.

Inside Cover ‘If this book is stolen, Please return it to the nearest British Embassy, it’s no value to you but of great value to me! Thanks.’

f 1 ‘Everything happens here in a major way… but in a minor key. India 1986.’

f.2 Chapati makers, New Delhi. 7 January 1986.

f.3 Traffic in Connaught Circus, New Delhi. 9 January 1986.

f.4 People on rooftops, New Delhi. 9 January 1986.

f.5 Children playing on the rooftops, New Delhi. 9 January 1986.

f.6 Restaurant waker at the Light Restaurant, Paraganj, New Delhi. 9 January 1986.

f.7 Queue at the Tourist Booking Office at the Railway Station, New Delhi. 10 January 1986.

f.8 Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi. 10 January 1986.

f.9 Sketches of a lady gardener. 10 January 1986.

f.10 Museum attendant at the Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi. 10 January 1986.

f.11 Sketches of Indian men. 10 January 1986.

f.12 Sculpture of Vishnu at the National Museum, New Delhi. 11 January 1986.

f.13 Diwan-I-Khas and gardens at the Red Fort, Delhi. 12 January 1986.

f.14 Stone lion and onlookers at the Red Fort, Delhi. 12 January 1986.

f.15 Sketches of the Taj Mahal, Agra. 14 January 1986.

f.16 Courtyard and temple at the India Guest House, Agra. Sketch of Owner at evening prayer. 14 January 1986.

f.17 Sketch of family praying, India Guest House, Agra. 14 January 1986.

f.18 Children at the India Guest House, Agra. 14 January 1986.

f.19 Taj Mahal from the Red Fort. 15 January 1986.

f.20 Two sketches: The ritual of going through each other’s hair. Ladies on the rooftop from India Guest House. 15 January 1986.

f.21 Taj Mahal from the Red Fort. 15 January 1986.

f.22 Taj Mahal from the ‘Moonlight Garden’, Agra. 16 January 1986.

f.23 Women and children on the rooftops, Agra. 16 January 1986.

f.24 Two women, Agra. 16 January 1986.

f.25 Tourists in India. 17 January 1986.

f.26 Woman drawing water from well and walking with pitcher balanced on her head, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.27 Several sketches including a woman balancing pitchers on her head, women at a well, and naked children, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.28 Women carrying water and a cow. Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.29 At top: From the roof of the Sunrise Hotel, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

At bottom: The western group of temples. Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.30 Sculptures, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.31 On train from Varanasi to Calcutta, the day that my bag was stolen, Khajuraho, 30 December 1985.

f.32 Group seated on the ghats, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.33 Group seated on the ghats, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.34 Lakeside, two groups seated under a tree, Khajuraho. 21 January 1986.

f.35 Women on bus ride from Agra to Khajuraho, 21 January 1986.

f.36 National Park Tent site.

f.37 Cinema hoarding, Waltair, Andhara Pradesh. 28 January 1986.

f.38 City scene, Waltair, Andhara Pradesh. 28 January 1986.

f.39 Beggars, Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 1985.

f.40 Eccentric Chinese gentleman, Kuantan, Malaysia.

f.41 Traffic roundabout, traffic policeman, and girl with shaved head, Waltair, Andhara Pradesh, 28 January 1986.

f.42 Restaurant worker, at the railway station, Raipur. 28 January 1986.

f.43 Restaurant.

f.44 Indian modes of dress, Puri. 30 January 1986.

f.45 Elephant tea-pot.

f.46 Temples at Konarka. 1 February 1986.

f.47 Sketches of two men and one woman.

f.48r View of ocean, Puri. 2 February 1986.

f.48v Newspaper clipping of Puri painting.

f.49 Rickshaw driver and passenger, Puri. 2 February 1986.

f.50 Sadhu, Puri. 2 February 1986.

f.51r Sketches of two men.

f.51v Newspaper clipping of rickshaw driver lying in rickshaw with child seated at his feet.

f.52 City scene, Calcutta. 5 February 1986.

f.53 Beggars, Calcutta. 5 February 1986.

f.54 Beggar outside the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 5 February 1986.

f.55 Beggar and boy, Calcutta. 5 February 1986.

f.56 Malnourished child and one legged beggar. 6 February 1986.

f.57 Beggar woman and child. 6 February 1986.

f.58 Calcutta. 6 February 1986.

f.59 Calcutta. 6 February 1986.

f.60 Pavement dwelling, Calcutta. 7 February 1986.

f.61 Men bathing on street from pump, Calcutta. 8 February 1986.

f.62 Kali figure.

f.63 ‘Street dwellers, Calcutta.’ 8 February 1986.

f.64 ‘Street dwellers, Calcutta.’ 10 February 1986.

f.65 ‘Beggar woman and child.Calcutta.’ 10 February 1986.

f.66 ‘Reeded flute seller.Calcutta’ 10 February 1986.

f.67 Flute seller, Calcutta. 10 February 1986.

f.68 ‘Bra ad. Calcutta.’ 11 February 1986.

f.69 ‘Newspaper Bra ad. Varanasi.” 18 February 1986.

f.70 Western hippies smoking marijuana, Varanasi. 18 February 1986.

f.71 ‘Bathing Ghats. Varanasi.’ 18 February 1986.

f.71v Picture cut from a magazine of the Ganges at Varanasi.

f.72 ‘Varanasi.’ 18 February 1986.

f.73 ‘Old men on the Ghats. Varanasi.’ 18 February 1986.

f.74 ‘On the Ghats. Varanasi.’ 18 February 1986.

f.75 Sketches of cattle. Varanais. 20 February 1986.

f.76 Paharganj, New Delhi. View from the Bright Hotel. 22 February 1986.

f.77 Three men watching people on the street below. New Delhi. 22 February 1986.

f.78 A bullock cart, New Delhi. 22 February 1986.

f.79 View from the Bright Hotel, New Delhi. 23 February 1986.

f.80 Man reading on the rooftop. New Delhi. 23 February 1986.

f.81 Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. 23 February 1986.

f.82 Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. 23 February 1986.

f.83 Sketches made from memory of rural scenes in Nepal. New Delhi, 23 February 1986.

f.84 Main Bazaar, Paharganj, New Delhi. 24 February 1986.

f.85 Drug dealer, New Delhi. 24 February 1986.

f.86 A man smoking a hookah in Khan Market, New Delhi. 26 February, 1986.

f.87 Safdarjang’s Tomb, New Delhi. 28 February 1986.

f.88 Jaipur, Rajastan. 2 March 1986.

f.89 Amber. 4 March 1986.

f.90 Notary Publics, New Delhi. 7 March 1986

f.91 Cattle, pedestrians and a cyclist. Paharganj, New Delhi. 8 March 1986.

f.92 A foreign girl, a beggar and a sikh, seen from the windonw of the Bright Hotel, New Delhi. 8 March 1986.

f.93 Package tourists in Delhi. 8 March 1986.

f.94 Children eating chapattis and people in a railway station, New Delhi. 9 March 1986.

f.95 Man dying on the pavement, New Delhi. 9 March 1986.

f.96 Man dying on the pavement, New Delhi. 9 March 1986.

f.97 Man dying on the pavement, New Delhi. 9 March 1986.

f.98 Paharganj on bazaar day. 10 March 1986.

f.99 Two sadhus. New Delhi. 10 March 1986.

f.100 Policeman with pink plastic whistle. Paharganj, New Delhi. 12 March 1986.

f.101 A beggar and a stall holder with customers. New Delhi.

f.102 An old sikh. Three sketches of a wedding procession. 12 March 1986.

f.102v Woman, Jaisalmer. Camel, Jodhpur. 3 April 1986.

f.103 Wedding procession, Paharganj, New Delhi. 13 March 1986.

f.104 A barber shaving a fat man’s armpit. Chelmsford Road, New Delhi. 15 March 1986.

f.105 European Junkies, Pushkar. 17 March 1986.

f.106 Rajasthani man, Pushkar. 17 March 1986.

f.107 View from the roof of the Everett Hotel, Pushkar. 18 March 1986.

f.108 A sadhu, a man carrying a bundle, a flower seller and a vegetable seller, Pushkar. 19 March 1986.

f.109 Three men and a cow, Pushkar. 19 March 1986.

f.110 Fruit Seller, Pushkar. 19 March 1986.

f.111 View from hotel balcony, Pushkar. 24 March 1986.

f.112 Views around the lake and hills of Pushkar. 24 March 1986.

f.113 Shoe repairer, Jodhpur. 28 March 1986.

f.114 Rajasthani man in Jodhpur Railway Station. 29 March 1986.

f.115 Jain temples in Jaisalmer from hotel rooftop, Jaisalmer. 1 April 1986.

f.117 Rubbing from carved stone relief on Jain temple, Jaisalmer. 2 April 1986.

f.118 Rubbing from carved stone relief on Jain temple, Jeaisalmer. 2 April 1986.

f.119 Rajasthani people, Jaisalmer. 2 April 1986.

f.120 Rajasthanis, Jaisalmer. 2 April 1986.

f.121 Woman, Jaisalmer. 2 April 1986. Camel, Jodhpur. 3 April 1986.

f.122 Camel andcart, Jodhpur. 3 April 1986.

f.123 Rooftop behind the Keerti Hotel, Udaipur. 5 April 1986.

f.124 Women washing, bathing ghats, Udaipur. 6 April 1986.

f.125 People and a goat around the bathing ghats, Udaipur. 6 April 1986.

f.126 Monkey, Udaipur. 6 April 1986.

f.127 Udaipur Lake Palace, from the Lal Ghat hotel roof across the lake.

f.128 Sketch for ‘Apple.’ 5 April 1986.

f.129 Carved wooden window, Lal Ghat Hotel, Udaipur. 7 April 1986.

f.130 Across the lake from our hotel, plump lady on the ghats, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.131 Scenes on the ghats, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.132 Small street shrine, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.133 On the ghats, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.134 On the ghats, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.135 Udaipur across the lake from the guest house. 8 April 1986.

f.136 On the ghats, Udaipur. 8 April 1986.

f.137 Street scene Paha Ganj, New Delhi. 11 April 1986.

f.138 Man and donkey carrying rocks. Paha Ganj, New Delhi. 11 April 1986.

f.139 Sketches of five faces.

f.139v Newspaper clipping, picturing two women. ‘From a new wave Indian film.’

f.140 Boys dressed as monkeys, Pahar Ganj, New Delhi. 11 April 1986.

f.141 Monkey man, Pahar Ganj, New Delhi. 11 April 1986.

f.142 Group of men surrounding a cow.

f.143 The river Beas in the Kulu Valley near Kulu. 19 April 1986.

f.144 The Beas river near Kulu. 19 April 1986.

f.145 Kulu from the Ramneek Guest House and a girl playing 19 April 1986.

f.146 Local People, Kulu. 19 April 1986.

f.147 Women carrying hay, local women in costumes, Kulu. 19 April 1986.

f.148 Local Kulu people. 19 April 1986.

f.149 Local people on the bus to Naggar. 20 April 1986.

f.150 Kulu valley from the castle in Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.151 Temple at Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.152 Local hedge cutter, Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.153 Log cutters, Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.154 Old lady picking up rubbish. 21 April 1986.

f.155 Man carry a bag tied to his back, Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.156 Boys playing tag, Naggar. 21 April 1986.

f.157 Lady rolling wool, Naggar. 22 April 1986.

f.158 Stone carving at Roerich Gallery garden, Naggar. 22 April 1986.

f.159 Lady housekeeper and gardener at Roerich Gallery, Naggar. 22 April 1986.

f.160 Mountain landscape across Kulu Valley from Roerich Gallery, Naggar. 22 April 1986.

f.161 Lady pursuing a cow, Nagar. 22 April 1986.

f.162 Prayer flags at Tibetan stupa, Manali. 23 April 1986.

f.163 Street barber and children, Manali. 24 April 1986.

f.164 Eccentric Tibetan, and man shaving in the rain, Manali. 24 April 1986.

f.165 Manali in the rain and cloud. 25 April 1986.

f.166 Orange rooftop in the storm, Manali. 25 April 1986.

f.167 Local Tibetans, Dharamasala. 28 April 1986.

f.168 Tibetan lady and child, Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.169 New Tibetan temple under construction, Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.170 Hoisting water tank on roof, Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.171 Lobsang and other Tibetan monks. Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.172 Champa Kelsang and Lobsang, Tibetan monks. Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.173 Men playing game, fruit and vegetable seller, Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.174 Group of men watching a carem game, Mcleod Ganj. 28 April 1986.

f.175 Local eccentric, kids stopping at tuck shop on way to school, 29 April 1986.

f.176 Two Tibetan men, Mcleod Ganj. 29 April 1986.

f.177 Tibetan prayer flags, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.178 Monks and local people, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.179 Two monks, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.180 Two lady housekeepers, an odd tourist, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.181 Local Indian, beggar and dog, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.182 Tourists and Tibetan Lady, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.183 Lobsang asleep on the roof, Dharamasala. 1 May 1986.

f.184 Lady monks at work on the new temple.

f.185 Dharamasala, view of a beautiful picnic spot. 2 May 1986.

f.186 Street scene, people working at the new temple, Dharamasala. 4 May 1986.

f.187 Sankar pounding herbs for the monks, Dharamasala. 4 May 1986.

f.187v Lobsang’s drawing of Ludwig!

f.188 Local people in Dharamasala. 5 May 1986.

f.189 Street scene, Dharamasala. 5 May 1986.

f.190 Indian tourists, old man washing, old Tibetan lady, Dharamasala. 5 May 1986.

f.191 Tibetan washing, street scenes, Dharamasala. 5 May 1986.

f.192 Street scenes, Dharamasala. 5 May 1986.

f.193 Local Indians, Dharamasala. 6 May 1986.

f.194 Tibetan with prayer beads, Indian beggar woman. Dharamasala. 6 May 1986.

f.195 Children playing marbles, Terrina learning the alphabet, Dharamasala. 6 May 1986.

f.196 Working on the new Tibetan stupas, Dharamasala. 7 May 1986.

f.197 Indian workers and Tibetan lady workers, Dharamasala. 7 May 1986.

f.198 Tibetan lady drinking tea, monk watching stupa construction, lady labourer. 7 May 1986.

f.199 Tibetan ladies, local Indian beggar, Tibetan monk. Dharamasala. 7 May 1986.

f.200 Tibetan lady labourer, Dharamasala. 7 May 1986.

f.201v Two matchbox advertisements and colour palette.

Back inside cover Thirty five matchbox labels.