Bords de L’Indus, a Saccar-Baccar (Banks of the Indus at Saccar Baccar)

January 1843

Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Print Size: 11.75 x 13.75 in (29.5 x 35 cm)
Sheet Size: 12.5 x 15 in (31.5 x 38.2 cm)
With Mount: 18.75 x 21.25 in (47.5 x 54.2 cm)

Plate 31 of Le Matin, January 1843

Prince Alexei Dmitrievich Saltykov or Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-1859)
After serving briefly in the Russian diplomatic corps, Russian nobleman Prince Alexei Dmitrievich Saltykov (1806-1859) moved to France and changed his identity to Alexis Soltykoff, under which he became well-known as a travel writer and artist.

He set out on The Berenice in 1840, fulfilling a childhood dream of visiting India, and arrived in Bombay on 15 March 1841. After that, in April, he travelled to Ceylon. From there, in June, he proceeded to Tamil Nadu, stopping first to see the Rameshwaram Temple on Pamban Island. His further travels across South India brought him to Tanjore, Vellore, Madras, Kanchipuram, and finally the western coast of Travancore. He proceeded to Tiruchirapalli and Madurai after seeing the Raja of Pudukkottai.

Later, in August 1841, he made his way back to Travancore and paid a visit to the Maharaja at Trivandrum. Subsequently, he proceeded to Northern India, where he stayed until 1843. In 1845–1846, he travelled to India once more. The accounts of these travels were eventually published under the title Voyages dans L'Inde (Voyages in India), which is how we currently know the book.

The text was published in multiple editions under various titles. These included the 1851 Russian edition, the 1848 French version Lettres sur L'inde by Amyot, the 1859 Bombay publication of Indian Scenes and Characters, the British version Indian Scenes and Characters, and the 1858 Paris publication Voyages dans L'inde by Garnier Freres.

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