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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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.
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.