Views in India : chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains / taken during tours in the direction of Mussooree, Simla, the sources of the Jumna and Ganges, &c. &c., in 1829-31-32 ; with notes and descriptive illustrations.
Alternate Title(s):
Views in the Himalaya mountans &c.
Published / Created:
London ; Fisher, Son, and Co., 1836-1837.Paris : Fisher, Son, and Co., 1836-1837.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS408 .W45 1836+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3592437
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, stamped in gilt: Views in the Himalaya mountans &c. By G.F. White, Esq. 31st Regt.Includes index.Publisher's advertisements: [1] p. at end of each volume.List of subscribers: [4] p. at end of each volume.Steel engravings by Henry Adlard, James Baylis Allen, J. Appleton, D. Buckle, William John Cooke, John Cousen, Edward Francis Finden, W. Finden, William Floyd, Edward Goodall, Thomas Higham, H. Jorden, J.H. Kernot, Samuel Lacey, George Presbury, James C. Redaway, J. Sands, M.J. Starling, William Taylor, and James Tingle; after Thomas Allom, Charles Bentley, T.C. Dibden, William Harvey, Harden Sidney Melville, William Purser, David Roberts, Clarkson Stanfield, and J.M.W. Turner.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in quarter maroon roan with floral-embossed brown publisher's binding.
Contents:
Runjeet Singh's encampment at Roopur -- Entrance to the Keree Pass -- The Ganges entering the plains, near Hurdwar -- Part of the Ghaut, during the fair, at Hurdwar -- Mussooree, from Landour -- Snowy range, from Landour -- The abbey and hills, from near Mussooree -- Snowy range, from Tyne, or Marma -- Village of Mohuna, near Deobun -- View near Jubberah -- Village of Naree -- Bridge at Bhurkote -- View near Kursalee -- Village of Kursalee -- Crossing by a Sangha -- View near the source of the Jumna -- Source of the River Jumna -- Falls near the source of the Jumna -- Gungootree, the sacred source of the Ganges -- View near Deobun -- Crossing the River Tonse by a Jhoola -- Village of Khandoo -- Crossing the Choor Mountain -- Village of Koghera -- View at Simla -- The city of Nahun -- Valley of the Dhoon -- Suwarree of Seiks, and view near the Sutleje River -- Janghera, or the Fakeers' Rock, on the Ganges -- Rocks at Colgong.
Subject Terms:
Himalaya Mountains -- Pictorial works. | India -- Pictorial works. | Mountains -- India -- Pictorial works. | India -- Description and travel. | Chron -- 1836–37.
Form/Genre:
Subscriber's lists. | Publisher's advertisements.
Contributors:
Allom, Thomas, 1804–1872, ill. | Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854, ill. | Dibdin, T. C. (Thomas Colman), 1810–1893, ill. | Harvey, William, 1796–1866, ill. | Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837–1882, ill. | Purser, William, active 1805–1834, ill. | Roberts, David, 1796–1864, ill. | Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793–1867, ill. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851, ill. | Adlard, Henry, engraver. | Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876, engraver. | Appleton, J., engraver. | Buckle, D., active 1832–1850, engraver. | Cooke, William John, 1797–1865, engraver. | Cousen, John, 1804–1880, engraver. | Finden, Edward Francis, 1791–1857, engraver. | Finden, William, 1787–1852, engraver. | Floyd, William, active 1832–1877, engraver. | Goodall, Edward, 1795–1870, engraver. | Higham, Thomas, 1796–1844, engraver. | Jorden, H. (Henry), active 1829–1853, engraver. | Kernot, J. H., engraver. | Lacey, Samuel, active 1818–1857, engraver. | Presbury, George, engraver. | Redaway, James, 1797–1858. | Sands, James, steel engraver, engraver. | Starling, M. J. (Matthew James), 1805 or 1806– engraver. | Taylor, William, active 1830–1858, engraver. | Tingle, James, active 1824–1850, engraver.
