Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Atkinson, James, 1780-1852
Title:
Sketches in Afghaunistan / by Jas. Atkinson, Esq.
Published / Created:
London : Published July 1st, 1842 by Henry Graves & Company, printsellers to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6 Pall Mall, and J.W. Allen & Co. Leadenhall Street, [1842].

[London] : Day & Haghe, Lithrs. to the Queen
Physical Description:
[2] pages, [27] leaves of plates : illustrations, 55 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2022 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographed title page.

"Lithographed by Louis and Charles Haghe"--Table of contents.

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 508

BAC Folio B 2022 4: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Imperfect: Dedication page lacking, title page lacking imprint and all plates lacking titles found in other copies. Bound in publisher's quarter leather and blue morocco with title label of the same morocco on front cover, lettered in gilt.
Contents:
The encampment at Dadur, with the entrance to the Bolan Pass -- The opening into the narrow pass above the Siri Bolan -- Entrance into the Kojak Pass from Parush -- The troops emerging from the narrow part of the defile -- Entrance to the Bolan Pass from Dadur
Subject Terms:
Afghanistan -- Pictorial works. | Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838–1842.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs. | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Haghe, Charles, -1888, lithographer. | Haghe, Louis, 1806–1885, lithographer. | Day & Haghe, printer. | Henry Graves & Co., publisher.