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TITLE: Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar drawn from nature and on stone by Major John Luard
AUTHOR: Major John Luard
YEAR: 1830 c
BINDING: Half leather bound all gilt edges along with marble pastedowns at the front and back
NO.OF PAGES: 244 including 1 b & w lithograph frontispiece + 1 b & w lithograph title page + 59 b & w lithograph plates with tissue guards and having a descriptive text for each plate
SIZE:
Height: 36 cm
Width: 27.2 cm.br.Depth: 3.5 cm
Major John Luard (1790-1875) had a distinguished military career, serving both as a Lieutenant at Waterloo and as a Captain at Bhurtpore in 1825. He also possessed considerable artistic talent as did the rest of his family, and is "considered one of the most talented of the many amateur artists who depicted India." (as quoted in India Observed: India as Viewed by British Artists, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982, pp. 142-43)
For this volume, Major Luard drew the illustrations on stone himself due the expensive cost of line engraving. It contains numerous illustrations of the Taj Mahal, the city of Delhi during the British Raj, as well as the people and the culture of India. This work was composed over a long period of time and used multiple printers (the plates were printed by C. Hullmandel; Maguire, Lemercier & Co.; Maguire & Co.; and Graf & Soret).
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There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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