Our Race Course.
Capt. G.F. Atkinson, del. E. Walker lith.
Day & Sons, Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., 1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½")
A slightly satirical scene of the racecourse of a backwater station in India, named in the text as 'Kabob'. Published in 'Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India' by George Francklin Atkinson (1822-59). An officer of the Bengal Engineers, Atkinson is better known for his more serious work, 'The Campaign in India', about the Mutiny.
Abbey Travel 487.
[Ref: 52319] £95.00
Day & Sons, Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., 1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½")
A slightly satirical scene of the racecourse of a backwater station in India, named in the text as 'Kabob'. Published in 'Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India' by George Francklin Atkinson (1822-59). An officer of the Bengal Engineers, Atkinson is better known for his more serious work, 'The Campaign in India', about the Mutiny.
Abbey Travel 487.
[Ref: 52319] £95.00