Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch

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Title: Bengal troops on the line of march : a panoramic sketch
Alternative Title: Title on binding: Bengal troops on the march
Creator: [Ludlow, William Andrew, 1803-1853], artist. $9 no_linkage
Contributor: Day & Haghe, printer.
Henry Sotheran Ltd., binder.
Published / Created: [1835].
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Description: Publication date and biographical info from Hodson, V.C.P. List of the officers of the Bengal army, 1758-1834, vol. 3, p. 89.
Plate titles from Abbey, based on descriptive text printed along bottom margins.
Plate count includes lithographed title page.
Also published as a panorama roll.
Ludlow served in the East India Company's Bengal Army from 1820 until his death in 1853. He was furloughed from December 18, 1833 - February 19, 1836, during which time he completed Bengal troops on the line of march.
BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration is signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Found with item, a letter from Dudley Colman to J.R. Abbey, dated 1934.
Extent: [1] page, [7] leaves of plates : 37 cm x 57 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Hand coloring
Engravings
Panoramic views
Lithographs England
Material: illustrations ;
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): Bengal (India)
India
Subject (Name): East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic): History, Military
Artillery (Troops)
Indian
Campaigns & battles
Horse artillery
Military camps
Camels
Cattle
Elephants
Hindu temples
Fakirs
History
Subjects: East India Company. Army > Pictorial works
Bengal (India) > History, Military > Pictorial works
Artillery (Troops) > Indian
Campaigns & battles
Horse artillery > Indian
Bengal (India)
Military camps
Camels
Cattle
Elephants
Hindu temples
Fakirs
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
England

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