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PARKS, Fanny.
Wanderings of a Pilgrim – In search of the Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East with Revelations of Life in the Zenana.
Frances "Fanny" Susanna Parks (1794-1875) married Charles Crawford Parks, a civil servant in the East India Company, in 1822. Later the same year, the couple sailed for India where they stayed until 1845. The current work is her account of her years abroad and is largely based on the journal she kept for her mother. Unconventionally, Charles spent most of his time in their home in Allahabad, while Fanny travelled extensively. Parks prioritised making friends with the local Indian women, and this led to a deeper understanding of Indian life; notably, she became a close friend of Baiza Bai, a Scindia Maharani. "Such relationships enabled her to take part in marriage and other ceremonies normally barred to Europeans, and to gain a first-hand understanding of Indian religious beliefs and practices, particularly Hinduism, in which she had a deep interest" (ibid.).
- Published
- London: Pelham Richardson, 1850.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 476; Bobins 1120, SPL 1482
- Plates
- 37
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Pelham Richardson, 1850.
- Ref
- 5132
FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes, large 8vo, xxxv plus 479pp.; xiii plus 523pp., 49 lithographed plates, plus one folding view of the Himalayas (comprising 50 plates as called for), 37 of the plates hand-coloured, one heightened with gold, publisher’s red morocco gilt, decorative pictorial vignettes to boards and spines; all edges gilt; Bookplate of 'H. Vivian Beauchamp' to the front pastedown. Colour plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontis. Sri Guneshu. 2. "The Camels were being branded for public Service, and the Spider came to be marked also." 3. Car Nicobar. 4. Sircar. 5. Puja of the Tulsi. 6. A Bengalee Woman. 7. The Ice Pits. 8. Temple Of Bhawani and SutteesAlopee Bagh. 9. A Dhurmsala Bene Mahadeo Chaut. 10. Adansunia Digitata. 11. A Kutcherry. 12. A Barkandaz. 13. The Durwan. 14. The Thugs Dice 15. Lachmi, the Goddess of Beauty. 16. The Grass Cutter and Gram-Grinder. 17. The Tomb of Akbar Shah. 18. Pedigree of Col. William Linnaeus Gardner (genealogy tree). Volume 2. 19. Frontis. Kaniya-Jee and the Gopia. 20. Superstitions of the Natives. 21. The Spring Bow. 22. Kaniyajee and the Gopees. 23. Ancient Hindu Ruin at Kanauj. 24. The Hindu Triad ((God and Goddess tree). 25. [Plan] Palace and Fort of Delhi. 26. View from the Pilgrim's Bangla. 27. The Kharita. 28. Pennycross Chapel. 29. A Bushwoman. 30. A Kaffir Warrior. 31. The Southern Cross. 32. Jugunnathu. 33. Three Satis and a Manlap near Ghazipur. 34. Kulsas. 35. Temple of Bhawani. 36. Bhagawan. 37. Pico.
