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[BROUGHTON, Francis].
W. A. Delamotte.
Overland Journey to India from Original Sketches.
First and sole edition of this notably scarce and highly appealing suite of plates, this the rare hand-coloured issue; the copies at the British Library and V&A copy are uncoloured. Abbey remarks that it was "probably privately produced for distribution to Broughton's (and Delamotte's?) friends". Surgeon-Major Francis Broughton (1817-1882) served with the Bombay Medical Department in New Zealand aboard the East Indiaman Elphinstone, was present during the Flagstaff War of 1845-6, and the capture of the pah (defensive settlement) of the prominent Maori chief Te Ruki Kawiti. He also served during the Indian Rebellion, and was present at the taking of Kolapur. He was appointed Surgeon in 1860, and Surgeon-Major in 1863, retiring in 1871.
- Published
- London: C. Chabot, [ca.1847].
- References
- Abbey Travel II 522; COPAC cites a copy in the BL; Bobins 1105; OCLC cites a copy in the State Library of Berlin.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: C. Chabot, [ca.1847].
- Ref
- 5427
Oblong folio; 12 hand-coloured zincographic plates, including the title. Original printed wrappers, housed in a brown cloth box, with a green morocco title label on the spine. This work illustrates the Overland Mail route from England to India through the Suez Canal, which was opened only a decade before this work was published. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Street in Cairo. 3. Aden. 4. Suez. 5. Hotel on the Desert. 6. Crossing the Desert, Arabs Waiting. 7. Gibraltar from the Neutral Ground. 8. Malta. 9. Visit to Karnack. 10. Alexandria. 11. Gibraltar from the Sea. 12. Hotel near Cairo.
