Bengal Troops on the line of March, (The advanced Guard driving in an out post of the Enemy.) A Sketch by an Officer in that Army (Abbey Life 530)

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English School, circa 1835
Bengal Troops on the line of March, (The advanced Guard driving in an out post of the Enemy.) A Sketch by an Officer in that Army (Abbey Life 530)
eighteen handcoloured lithographs
unframed
each 4½ x 19in. (11.5 x 48.3cm.)

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Lot Essay

This finely observed continuous panorama forms an affectionate but realistic view of the trials involved in the movement of any large body of troops in India. The lithographs can be dated to 1837 or earlier from the form adopted by Day & Haghe: 'lithrs. to the King'.

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