Lot No. 29: EDEN, EMILY

EDEN, EMILY

PORTRAITS OF THE PRINCES & PEOPLE OF INDIA

First Deluxe Edition With Original Hand Colored Lithographic Plates Tipped On Cards As Issued

Year: 1844

Size: 55.5 x 44 cm (21.7 x 17.3 inches)

Published by: Dickson & Son.

No of Illustrations: 24+1 Hand Colored Lithographic Plates
Folio, First Deluxe Edition With Tipped on Card Plates, 24 hand colored lithographic plates and hand colored lithographic title vignette heightened with gum Arabic, plates tipped on card as issued in Original Hand Colored DELUXE EDITION, lithograph list of plates, one text leaf torn, images generally very clean, Later Maroon Half-leather over moire cloth hardcover binding, title in gilt on cover and spine.
Extremely Fine coloring probably by Eden herself. Fine condition

Emily Eden, sister of the then Governor General Lord Auckland. She had a unique opportunity to draw the people of India when she and her sister, Fanny, accompanied their brother on his long tour up-country from Calcutta to meet Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab. The Tour lasted from 1837 to 1840. Her water colours were lithographed by Lowes Dickson and published by J.Dickinson in 1844 entitled 'Princes and People on India'.
She had a unique opportunity when Ranjit Singh gave her a personal sitting for making his portrait.

Most of the women going to India had received instructions in water color drawing and many were highly skilled, Aristocratic Emily Eden was outstanding among them

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Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman

About Artist

Emily Eden (1797 - 1869)

Born into a family of aristocrats Emily Eden was a reputed poet, novelist and artist from London. Eden, along with her sister, accompanied their brother, Lord George Auckland, to India who was appointed as Governor-General from 1835-42. His position…...Read More