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Atkinson, George Francklin.
Curry & Rice, on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at Our Station in India.
A profusely illustrated work regarding India in the nineteenth century. Providing a somewhat satirical insight into the colonies in occupied India. The text and illustrations depict life at a British colonial station in Bengal. Emphasis is drawn on British officials and residents of a high social status such as the magistrate, colonel, and doctor. The book also focuses on racing, pig-sticking, and tiger shooting. Atkinson was Captain in the Bengal Engineers and he drew on his own experiences for this work. He previously wrote a work titled 'The Indian Mutiny' which was published in 1857-8. To the preface, Atkinson notes that this work is 'drawn to exhibit the customs of society on the Bengal side' of India 'as it was necessary throughout to adhere to someone the character of people among whom the English were located.'
- Published
- London: Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Third Edition; undated, ca. 1860.
- References
- Abbey, J.R. Travel, II 487
- Plates
- 40
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Third Edition; undated, ca. 1860.
- Ref
- 1609
8 ¼ in. x 11 ¾ in. lithographic title page, printed title page. Dedication, Verses, Preface, List of Subjects (the 40 plates, including the lithographic title page). Illustrated with 39 full-page, tinted lithographic plates and the lithographic title page, the previous owner's bookplate 'Robert H. Elliot.' Bound in publisher's gilt- and blind-tooled orange cloth. Front cover and spine tooled in gilt and in blind, back cover in blind only. Some wear to the top and tail of the spine, and hinges and corners are bumped and worn. Some foxing to plates, but generally good. a.e.g. Coloured plates in order: 1. Vignette title. 2. Our Station. 3. Our Judge. 4. Our Judge's Wife. 5. Our Magistrate. 6. Our Magistrate's Wife. 7. Our Colonel. 8. Our Colonel's Wife. 9. Our Padre. 10. Our Joint Magistrate. 11. Our Mall. 12. Our German Missionary. 13. Our Doctor. 14. Our Doctor's Wife. 15. Our Invalid major. 16. Our Spins. 17. Our Band. 18. Our Racecourse. 19. Our Coffee Shop. 20. Our Bath. 21. Our Sporting Griff. 22. Our Moonshee. 23. Our Burra Khanah. 24. Our Pack of Hounds. 25. Our Ball. 26. Our Tiger Shooting. 27. Our Stage-Coaching. 28. Our Agriculturists. 29. Our Nuwab. 30. Our Theatricals. 31. Our Bazaar. 32. Our Bedroom. 33. Our Traveller's Bungalow. 34. Our Cook Room. 35. Our Cloth Merchants. 36. Our Pig Sticking. 37. Our Garden. 38. Our Farm Yard. 39. Our Wedding. 40. Our Departure for Home.
