The Akalee Temple. (Amritsar). From Original Sketches in the Punjaub.

By a lady. Dickinson Bros., London 1854.

The Akalee Temple (in Amritsar). From Original Sketches in the Punjaub. By a lady. Lithographed, printed and published by Dickinson Brothers, 114 New Bond St. London 1854.

From an uncommon collection of views of the Punjab, more particularly Lahore and Amritsar which the great collector Abbey believed were 'possibly privately published'. The artist is anonymous, identified only as 'the wife of an Officer in the Queen's Service now with his regiment in India'.

Abbey Travel 483 no.18. J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey: a bibliographical catalogue. London, 1957.

See also items PR000012, PR000013, PR000014, PR000015, PR000016 and PR000017 from the same work, all on Sikh subjects.

Tinted lithograph with original hand-colour. Wide margins with minor marginal tears not affecting image. Approx. 355 x 270mm. (14 x 11ins).