Details: 2Pcs JD Harding RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA DRAWN ON STONE 1847 Charles Stewart Hardinge Title Page Part II Kashmir & Alpine Punjab Oodampore 4 Marches from Jummoo Antique Illustration Plate

This lot features the title page to "Recollections of India Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding from the Original Drawings by the Honourable Charles Stewart Hardinge, Part II: Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab" and an antique illustrated plate from the same. The plate is titled "Oodampore, 4 Marches from Jummoo."

The title page measures approximately 17" x 21". The image measures approximately 11" x 15" on backing that measures approximately 17.75" x 21.75".

"This [plate] represents a view of Oodampore. Within 18 months of Henry Hardinge's arrival in India as Governor-General, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out in December 1845. Hardinge and his son, Charles travelled in this region and Charles wrote, 'At Oodampore we encamped in a wood with some old buildings near it, and a rocky stream running close under our tents.' The cavalrymen in the foreground are soldiers of Gulab Singh, an ally of the British." [Courtesy British Library]

Three additional plates from this text are also available during this auction.

Please attend our live sale to view these items and other interesting ephemera in person.
Condition / Notes: Both the title page and the plate display typical indications of age and wear including light toning, foxing, and marginal creasing or chipping. The colors of the illustration remain bright and vivid.

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