Category:Sketches in Afghaunistan (1842)

Sketches in Afghaunistan, alternative titles: Atkinson's Sketches in Affghanistan, Sketches in Afghanistan.

Prints made by: Louis Haghe, After: James Atkinson. Published by: Graves & Warmsley. Published by: M. H. & J. W. Allen.

26 (including frontispiece) tinted lithographic plates by Lois and Charles Haghe, drawn on stone by David Roberts’ lithographers, Louis and James Haghe from sketches made by Dr. James Atkinson during service as superintending surgeon to Sir George Pollock’s expedition to Kabul in 1838. “In 1838 Atkinson was appointed superintending surgeon to the army of the Indus, and accompanied it on its march to Kabul; but was relieved in the ordinary course of routine shortly after the surrender of Dost Mohammad, and, returning to Bengal in 1841, escaped the fate which awaited the army of occupation” (DNB). Published July 1842, London: Henry Graves & Company, 1842. Elephant folio (15 by 21-1/2 inches). Abbey, Travel 508. Tooley 73. Colas 173. Early owner signatures.

Plate numbers, sequence assigned by National Army Museum (UK) are : 1. 'Beloochees in the Bolan Pass', 1839 (frontispiece); 2. 'Scene on the River Sutledge, near Paukputtun in the Punjaub', 1839 (c); 3. 'The Town of Roree and the Fortress of Bukker, on the Indus', 1839 (c); 4. 'The Encampment at Dadur, with the Entrance to the Bolan Pass', 1839; 5. ‘View of the Mountain Baba-Naunee’, 1839 (c); 6. 'Entrance to the Bolan Pass from Dadur' (The Army of the Indus forcing the Bolan Pass), 1839; 7. 'The Wild Pass of Siri-Kajoor', 1840 (c); 8. 'The Opening into the Narrow Pass above the Siri Bolan', 1839; 9. 'The Approach to the Fortress of Kwettah’, 1839 (c); 10. 'Entrance into the Kojak Pass from Parush', 1839 (c); 11. 'The Troops Emerging from the Narrow Part of the Defile in the Koojah Pass'; 12. 'The First Descent through the Koojah Pass', 1839 (c); 13. 'The Second Descent through the Koojah Pass', 1839 (c); 14. 'The Third Descent of the Koojah Pass', 1839 (c); 15. 'The City of Candahar’, 1839; 16. ‘The Fortress and Citadal of Ghuznee and the two Minars’, 1839 (c); 17. ‘The Valley of Maidan’; 18. 'The Village of Urghundee', 1839 (c); 19. 'Surrender of Dost Mahommed Khan, to Sir William Hay MacNaghten Bart, at the entrance into Caubul from Killa-Kazee', 1840 (c); 20. 'The Main Street in the Bazaar at Caubul in the Fruit Season', 1839 (c); 21. 'The Balla Hissar and City of Caubul, from the Upper Part of the Citadel'; 22. 'Caubul, from a Burying Ground on the Mountain Ridge, North-East of the City'; 23. 'The Durbar-Khaneh of Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk, at Cabaul’, 1840 (c); 24. 'The Avenue at Baber's Tomb', 1840 (c); 25. 'The Tomb of the Emperor Baber’, 1840 (c); 26. 'Caubul costumes' incl. a portrait of 'His Majesty Shah-Soojah-Ool-Moolk’ [sic]'.