This two-volume set documents the experiences of Fanny Parks (nee Frances Susanna Archer) over her twenty-four-year stay in India. Her husband, Charles Crawford Parks, worked for the East India Company as a civil servant, first in Calcutta and then in Prayag near Allahabad.
Following their move, Parks and her husband traveled extensively across the sub-continent, visiting Kanpur(formerly Cawnpore), Meerut, Delhi, and the Himalayas. She “came into her own as a robust and intrepid explorer, as well as a thorough and competent ethnographer of Indian culture.” (Maggs.com) She prolifically produced sketches of flora, fauna, and local customs. Her fluency in Hindustani helped her form friendships with Indian women, especially with the Muslim princess married to Col. William Gardner and the ex-queen of Gwalior. This helped her penetrate areas of Indian life from which Europeans were normally excluded.
Set of 2 Volumes. First Edition. 4 chromo- and 14 further coloured lithographic plates, with 8 tinted plates and 23 uncoloured plates, with an uncoloured large folding lithographic panorama of the Himalayas.
Binding: Originally bound in leather with illustrated front cover and a rebacked spine.
Condition: Minor soiling along the edges of the pages with new endpapers and a rebacked spine. An excellent copy.
Exportable: No
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