Curry and Rice

Captain George Francklin Atkinson, Curry and Rice: On Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station in India", London: Day and Son, circa 1860, third edition.

40 tinted lithograph plates, from the original sketches by the author. Each satirical illustration has two pages of accompanying text; original publisher's orange cloth with elaborate decorations in gilt and stamped in blind after a design by Sir M Digby Wyatt (1820-1877). All edges gilt
11.5 x 8.5 in (29.5 x 22 cm)

A profusely illustrated work regarding India in the nineteenth century. Providing a somewhat satirical insight into the occupied colonies in India.

Each satirical illustration has two pages of accompanying text. The text and photographs showcases life at a British colonial station in Bengal. Importance is drawn on British officials and residents of a high social status such as the magistrate, colonel and doctor.

To the preface Atkinson mentions that this work is 'drawn to exhibit the customs of society on the Bengal side' of India 'as it was necessary throughout to adhere to some one character of people among whom the English were located.' He communicates his humour in the work and says 'my object was not to illustrate perfection but to afford amusement'.

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