A portion of Runjeet's Palace. From Original Sketches in the Punjaub.

By a lady. Lithographed, printed and published by Dickinson Bros., 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.3. 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 PR000011, PR000012, PR000013, PR000014, PR000015 and PR000017 from the same work, all on Sikh subjects.

Tinted lithograph with original hand-colour. Marginal tear not affecting image. Approx. 270 x 355mm. (11 x 14ins).