Charles Stewart Hardinge (1822-94), Recollections of India London, Thomas McLean & Co., 1847

Charles Stewart Hardinge (1822-94), Recollections of India London, Thomas McLean & Co., 1847 full title Recollections of India. Drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding from the Original Drawings by the Honourable Charles Stewart Hardinge, Part I: British India and the Punjab; Part II: Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab, title, dedication, preface, two parts in one volume (originally published separately), 26 tinted lithographed plates on card, each with one page of text (plate 9 with two pages, plate 14 with three pages), front cover and spine with title Hon. Chas. Stewart Hardinge's Recollections of India stamped in gold folio (678 x 505 mm.) Footnotes: The plates are as follows: Maharajah Duleep Singh (frontispiece). (Part 1) Barackpore, river view. Return from Hog-Hunting. Delhi, Palace of the King. View from the Palace and Fort at Agra. The Jumma Masjid, Agra. Aftermath of the Battle of Ferozeshah. British outpost at Rodawala, near Sobraon. Entry of Maharajah Duleep Singh into Lahore. The tomb of the Emperor Jahangir, Lahore. The Hazari Bagh, Lahore. Sikh soldiers receiving their pay at the royal durbar. Rajah Lal Singh on horseback. (Part II) Maharajah Gulab Singh (with three page biography). Kote Kangra, the fort. Rope bridge, or jhula, across the River Chenab. Festival (male) at Poormandal, near Jammu. A rocky landscape at Oodampore, 'four marches from Jummoo'. Hill fort of Gulab Singh. View of Jamu. Bij-Beara, between Islamabad and the city of Kashmir. Fort at Chupayan {where Ranjit Singh's forces gained control over the territory from the Afghans in 1819). The City of Kashmir [Srinagar] with the mosque of Shah Hamadan. The City of Kashmir with Hurri Purbutt Fort. Wulur Lake. Shaykh Imad-ud-Din, Runjur Singh and Diwan Dina Nath. Hardinge was present in India in 1845 when the Sikh army crossed the Sutlej and invaded British territory. He served as private secretary to his father, Sir Henry Hardinge, first Viscount of Lahore, who was Governor-General of India at the time. 'Hardinge was brought up among artistic influences, and was himself no mean painter in watercolours. In 1847 his friends in England published a folio volume entitled Recollections of India, consisting of twenty lithographs from his drawings made in India, particularly interesting for its portraits of Sikh chieftains and views of scenery in Kashmir, then an almost unknown country, which he visited in company with John Nicholson' (ODNB). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing