Curry & Rice (on forty plates), The Ingredients of Social Life in "Our Station" in India

Published by Day & Son, 1859

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1859. hardcover. First edition, embossed and decorated cloth binding worn, some of the cloth torn, front board loose. I title page lithographed sepia illustration + 39 sepia litho plates, foxing on most of them. Written immediately after the Sepoy Rebellion, the book satirizes and caricatures in a humorous way British officials and residents in the fictional village of Kabaob in India, affectionately referred to by Atkinson as 'our station'. Native Indians were seen as treacherous and unchangeable following the rebellion. British colonialists distanced themselves from their subjects in an effort to preserve their 'Britishness' within the foreign space of India. Atkinson was a keen artist and drew all of the 40 plates in the book. Each plate is accompanied by a brief description. The work enjoyed a long period of popularity among the British following Atkinson's early death, in part because of the satirical nature of the work, but also because it presented a discerning view of colonial life in India. . . . .…

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Title
Curry & Rice (on forty plates), The Ingredients of Social Life in "Our Station" in India
Author
Capt. Geo. F. Atkinson
Publisher
Day & Son
Publication year
1859
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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