Today their works are priceless and even their reproductions go for hefty prices. These drawings, which were reproduced in books as etchings, engravings or lithographs, show an India which is rooted in time, but there are also many timeless wonders and monuments that stand even today. A print is an image produced by any technical process that enables it to be reproduced several times. The simplest one is a lino-cut and the more complex ones can include lithography and engravings. Every print made by a hand-process is said to be an original , hence such prints are highly valued and prized.
Prints can be single, a part of a series or multiples printed in a book or magazine.
Many of the prints of India that are available today among dealers were part of publications such as the Illustrated London News, but quite a few were also printed in books or reports on India. These latter have a much higher value than others. The prints made from sketches and paintings by European artists British, French and others are of great historical value and importance. They also point out the difference in styles of the Indian and European painter while the former were more conceptual, the latter tended to be realistic. Hence, many prints of European works are fairly accurate records of topography as well as of people and faces.