Indian Miniatures from the James Ivory Collection
Before his retirement in 2005, J P Losty was curator in charge of the Indian paintings collections of the British Library for 35 years. His publications include studies of many different aspects of painting in India from the 11th to the 19th centuries including 'The Art of the Book in India' (1982), 'Calcutta City of Palaces' (1990) and 'The Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic - the Mewar Ramayana Manuscripts' (2008).