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EYRE, Lieut. Vincent. (1811-1881)
Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners. [London: c. 1844].
A very rare set of portraits finely lithographed and hand-coloured; a folder containing a set of 32 coloured lithographs after watercolour portraits of British prisoners by Eyre, over one hundred of whom were taken by Wazir Akber Khan as the British retreated from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). Vincent Eyre arrived in India in 1829. While serving as a commissary of ordnance in Afghanistan, Eyre and his family were taken prisoner by Akbar Khan's forces in January 1842, and spent nearly nine months in captivity. During this time he kept a diary and made portraits of his fellow prisoners. The captives were rescued in September 1842 when Major-General Sir George Pollock's Army of Retribution entered Kabul. Not in Abbey. Bobins II, 240.
Oblong octavo (270 x 220mm). 32 lithographic plates coloured by a contemporary hand and mounted on card, each plate titled by hand in ink (light spotting to one plate, marginal water-stains to outer margins of a few card mounts). Original moiré cloth portfolio, title label gilt lettered on black russia on upper cover (edges of portfolio restored in modern green cloth, a little soiled and worn); modern folding box.
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EYRE, Lieut. Vincent. (1811-1881)
Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners. [London: c. 1844].
A very rare set of portraits finely lithographed and hand-coloured; a folder containing a set of 32 coloured lithographs after watercolour portraits of British prisoners by Eyre, over one hundred of whom were taken by Wazir Akber Khan as the British retreated from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). Vincent Eyre arrived in India in 1829. While serving as a commissary of ordnance in Afghanistan, Eyre and his family were taken prisoner by Akbar Khan's forces in January 1842, and spent nearly nine months in captivity. During this time he kept a diary and made portraits of his fellow prisoners. The captives were rescued in September 1842 when Major-General Sir George Pollock's Army of Retribution entered Kabul. Not in Abbey. Bobins II, 240.
Oblong octavo (270 x 220mm). 32 lithographic plates coloured by a contemporary hand and mounted on card, each plate titled by hand in ink (light spotting to one plate, marginal water-stains to outer margins of a few card mounts). Original moiré cloth portfolio, title label gilt lettered on black russia on upper cover (edges of portfolio restored in modern green cloth, a little soiled and worn); modern folding box.
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No VAT is payable on the hammer price or the buyer's premium for this lot. Please see the VAT Symbols and Explanation section of the Conditions of Sale for further information
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