Indian Charivari Album: Volume I

Anonymous, Indian Charivari Album: Volume I, Calcutta: Office No. 7 D'Acres Lane, 1875

pp.46 including 21 (missing 4) illustrations out of 25 with caricatures of British Life in India; contemporary leather binding with a leather ticket with gilted embossed title pasted on the front board and spine with 4 raised bands
12.4 x 9.6 x 0.8 in (31 x 24 x 2 cm)

Collection of portraits / caricatures of statesmen, military types and major public figures of the day in imperial India accompanied by a page of text giving biographical details and information about their work or post.

Le Charivari was a French satirical periodical, featuring an original caricature daily, founded in 1832 in Paris. It borrowed its name from the folk tradition of a boisterous parade that derided wrongdoers publicly. The British version, in the form of a weekly magazine, was established in 1841 as Punch: The London Charivari. An Indian rendition followed in the 1870s, published at 7, D'Acres Lane in Calcutta.

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