Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809 : descriptive of the character, domestic habits, and religious ceremonies, of the Mahrattas : with ten coloured engravings, from drawings by a native artist / by Thomas Duer Broughton, Esq., late Commander of the resident's escort at the Court of Scindia.
Alternate Title(s):
Broughton travels
Published / Created:
London : Printed for John Murray, 50, Albemarle-Street, 1813.
Physical Description:
[16], 358, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS432.M2 B76 1813+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDS432.M2 B76 1813+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3269158
Classification:
Books
Notes:
This is the first of two issues of this book published in 1813. The other issue is a variant with title: The costume, character, manners, domestic habits, and religious ceremonies of the Mahrattas, lacks final leaf of "Directions to the binder" regarding location of plates and title page is a cancel. Cf. BLC.Printed by T. Davison, Lombard-street, Whitefriars, London.Illustrations by Thomas Baxter, John Augustus Atkinson, and Henry Moses; after Deen Alee.Frontispiece included in pagination.With a preliminary half t.p. leaf. Half-title reads: Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 114Colas, 454Lipperheide, 1480British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v. 4, 779Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 433British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975 , 983BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in calf. Spine title: Broughton travels. Plates bound as specified in "Directions to the Binder".BAC: Copy 2 bound in red boards. Large paper copy. Inscribed in ms. on front fly-leaf: F. F. North, 1820. Plate bound in before t.p. and contents. Rest of plates bound in before text. Includes two sets of t.p. and preliminaries.
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Subject Terms:
Maratha (Indic people). | British -- India. | India -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765–1947. | Murray, J. -- Publisher | Davison, T. -- Printer | North, F. F. -- Autograph, 1820.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1813
Contributors:
Baxter, Thomas, 1782–1821, engraver. | Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833, engraver. | Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, engraver. | Alee, Deen, ill.
