Thirteen views of India and eight views of Ceylon including: Allahabad, angle of fort at junction of the Ganges and Jumna; Junction of the Ganges and Jumna at Allahabad looking from the walls of the fortress; From the glacis of fort Allahabad bridge of boats over the river Jumna; Encampment of 52nd Light Infantry near Allahabad; River ganges near Mirzapore; A tomb on the banks of the Ganges near Mirzapore; Dunwah Pass - Rajmahal Hills dangerous at night from Tigers; Parasnauth Mountain in the Rajmahal Hills from the Grand trunk road 150 miles from Calcutta; Benares - the ferry; Pt de Galle Harbour; Great Basses, coast of Ceylon; Dondra Head, the southern extreme of South Ceylon; and Trincomalee Harbour from the Admiral's House

John Corbett served with the Royal Navy from the late 1830s to the 1870s, travelling in the Mediterranean, Africa & the Far East. In 1851, serving on the Penelope, he took part in the storming of Lagos where under heavy fire he was severely wounded whilst spiking the guns of a stockade. As a reward for his heroic devotion he was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointment was to the Contract Mail Steam ship Wolverene which seems to be when these drawings were executed and after she was wrecked in 1855 he proceeded to China on H.M.S Inflexible. He served during the Second Opium War (1856-60), and was present at the destruction of the Chinese war-boats at Tuoung Konan and of the Fatshan flotilla.