English School, after George Franklin Atkinson (1822-1859)

An Album of Views after George Franklin Atkinson's Curry and Rice including 'Our Station'; 'Our Pig Sticking', 'Our Judge's Wife'; 'Our Bath'; 'Our Doctor's Wife'; 'Our Burra Khanah'; 'Our Spins'; 'Our Judge'; 'Our Tiger Shooting'; 'Our Cloth Merchants'; 'Our Ball'; 'Our Cook Room'; 'Our Bed Room'; 'Our Joint Room'; 'Our Traveller's Bungalow'; 'Our Colonel's Wife'; 'Our Bazar'; 'Our Stage Coaching'; 'Our Band'; 'Our Moonshee'; 'Our Sporting Griff'; 'Our Coffee Shop'; 'Our Doctor'; 'Our Magistrate'; 'Our Magistrate's Wife'; 'Our Padre', illustrated; 'Our Invalid Major's Family'; 'Our Theatricals'; 'Our Nuwab'; 'Our German Missionary'; 'Our Mall'; 'Our Colonel'; 'Our Garden'; 'Our Wedding'; 'Our Morning Ride'; 'Our Farm Yard'; and 'Our Departure Home'

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English School, after George Franklin Atkinson (1822-1859)
An Album of Views after George Franklin Atkinson's Curry and Rice
including 'Our Station'; 'Our Pig Sticking', 'Our Judge's Wife'; 'Our Bath'; 'Our Doctor's Wife'; 'Our Burra Khanah'; 'Our Spins'; 'Our Judge'; 'Our Tiger Shooting'; 'Our Cloth Merchants'; 'Our Ball'; 'Our Cook Room'; 'Our Bed Room'; 'Our Joint Room'; 'Our Traveller's Bungalow'; 'Our Colonel's Wife'; 'Our Bazar'; 'Our Stage Coaching'; 'Our Band'; 'Our Moonshee'; 'Our Sporting Griff'; 'Our Coffee Shop'; 'Our Doctor'; 'Our Magistrate'; 'Our Magistrate's Wife'; 'Our Padre', illustrated; 'Our Invalid Major's Family'; 'Our Theatricals'; 'Our Nuwab'; 'Our German Missionary'; 'Our Mall'; 'Our Colonel'; 'Our Garden'; 'Our Wedding'; 'Our Morning Ride'; 'Our Farm Yard'; and 'Our Departure Home'
all inscribed as title (beneath the drawings)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 39 watercolours tipped into the pages of the album
7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.); the album 13½ x 12 in. (34.3 x 30.5 cm.), overall (39)

Lot Essay

These watercolours are after a series made by G.F. Atkinson, son of James Atkinson (see lot 94), which served as the basis for the lithographic illustrations of his book of lithographs Curry and Rice, on Forty Plates, or the Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our' Station in India, London, 1860. Curry and Rice was a lighthearted work illustrating scenes of cantonment life in Bengal, focusing on a fictional but supposedly typical station.

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