Costumes of the Madras Army / drawn and colored by W. Hunsley.
Published / Created:
St. Thomas's Mount [Madras] : Printed by W. Porter, 1841.
Physical Description:
[40] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsUC485.I4 H86 1841+ 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:3345963
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographed throughout.Plates are variously dated 1839-1841.In two series, each with its own title page. At top of pages of first series: "Officers of the Madras Army"; at top of pages of second series: "Natives of the Madras Army."Index to British military costume prints, 1500-1914, 472Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 453Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 1505BAC: British Art Center missing two plates as listed in the Index to British military prints: Conductor of Ordnance and Surgeon
Subject Terms:
East India Company. Army. Madras Army -- Uniforms. | Great Britain. Army -- Uniforms -- Pictorial works. | Soldiers in art. | Military uniforms in art. | Porter, Wm. -- Printer.
