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Creator:
Eden, Emily, 1797–1869
Title(s):
Portraits of the princes & people of India / by the Honble. Miss Eden ; drawn on the stone by L. Dickinson.
Additional Title(s):
Portraits of the princes and people of India
Published/Created:
London : Published by J. Dickinson & Son, 114, New Bond St, printsellers by special appointment to Her Majesty and H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, 1844
Physical Description:
24, [1] leaves, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2022 5 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2022 5 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Place of publication appears after publisher address and is followed by date of publication.
Plated leaves [4], [14], [18], and [24] contain two lithographs.
Lithographed title page and list of plates.
"William Davy, printer, Gilbert Street, Oxford Street."--Publisher's advertisement, leaf [25].
Originally issued in four parts.
BAC Folio B 2022 5 Copy 1: Imperfect: Title page cropped, lacking publishing information. Lacks publisher's advertisement. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary purple moiré cloth with leather spine and gilt snake design on front cover.
BAC Folio B 2022 5 Copy 2: Imperfect: Lacks list of plates. Plates are hand-colored. Plates mounted and loose in publisher's wrappers in original four parts, each purple cloth with leather spine and gold tooling with snake design on front wrapper.
Subject Terms:
East Indians -- 19th century -- Portraits.
India -- Foreign public opinion.
Persons -- India -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs.
Hand coloring.
Publishers' advertisements.
Illustrated works.
Contributors:
Dickinson, Lowes Cato, 1819–1908, lithographer.
Dickinson and Son, publisher.
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  • List of plates: Frontispiece - Son of the Nawaub of Banda
  • I. Dost Mahomed Khan, two of his sons, and his cousin
  • II. The Maharajah Shere Singh, king of the Punjaub
  • III. A undoo fakeer
  • IV. Jemadars or head servants of the government house
  • V. Akalees, a religious sect of the Punjaub
  • VI. The rajah of Putteealla, on his state elephant
  • VII. The Rajah Heera Singh, son of the Rajah Dhyan Singh, the Prime Minister of the Punjaub
  • VIII. Maharajah Hindoo Rao, a Mahratta Prince residing at Delhi
  • IX. One of the guards of the Rajah of Puttealla, and two of his dwarfs
  • X. A young hill Rajah at Sinla
  • XI. Dogs and hawks sent by the King of Oude to accompany the governor general
  • XII. Attendants of the Rajah Khurruk Singh, son of Runjeet Singh
  • XIII. The late Maharajah Runjeet SIngh
  • XIV. A favorite horse of Runjeet Singh's with the head Jemadar of the stables. Emeralds and diamonds belonging to Runjeet SIngh
  • XV. Hunting leopards belonging to the King of Oude
  • XVI. Two arabs servants of the late Sir Alexander Burnes
  • XVII. Fakeer, attached to the suite of the governor general in camp
  • XVIII. A young native of rank at Calcutta, a student at the Hindoo College, and a child of one of the servants of Government House
  • XIX. Purtaub Singh son of the Maharajah Shere Singh
  • XX. A Shootr-Suwar, an attendant on an Indian camp
  • XXI. The Rajah of Nahun and his sons. Anund Mufseh, a converted hindoo
  • XXII. Group of Thibet Tartars
  • XXIII. A Zemindar, or farmer, and a Puthan
  • XXIV. Lord Auckland receiving the Rajah of Nahun in Durbar.

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