27th Nov, 2024 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 47
 

Carpenter (Percy) after, Hog Hunting in Lower Bengal, all eight hand-coloured lithographs, 1861

Carpenter (Percy) after,

Hog Hunting in Lower Bengal,

all eight hand-coloured lithographs, significant browning, staining and foxing, titles cut out and applied to mounts, with resulting loss, tears and residue to printed supports, Day & Son; W. Thacker & Co.; Calcutta, Thacker Spink & Co., 1861.

*** The Calcutta Tent Club commissioned Carpenter to make drawings of their meet on the Sowerra Burrea Plains. Over three days, the members killed thirty seven hogs.

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