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A digest of the different castes of India including 83 drawings and 51 pages of text which provide an accompanying key to the drawings
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Thomas Forster, 1841
A digest of the different castes of India including 83 drawings and 51 pages of text which provide an accompanying key to the drawings
inscribed 'Presented to Francis Crawshay Esqr/by T Forster Artist, as a small/token of gratitude. 1843' (on the fly leaf) and further inscribed 'A Digest/of the/Different Castes of India/By Thos. Forster/1841' (on the frontispiece); the pages of the text numbered '1-48'; the drawings numbered 'No. 1-83.' and inscribed with the titles of the figures (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
7 x 4 in. (17.8 x 10.1 cm.); the album 7¼ x 4½ in. (18.5 x 11.4 cm.)
A digest of the different castes of India including 83 drawings and 51 pages of text which provide an accompanying key to the drawings
inscribed 'Presented to Francis Crawshay Esqr/by T Forster Artist, as a small/token of gratitude. 1843' (on the fly leaf) and further inscribed 'A Digest/of the/Different Castes of India/By Tho
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
7 x 4 in. (17.8 x 10.1 cm.); the album 7¼ x 4½ in. (18.5 x 11.4 cm.)
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