Dec 08, 2022 - Sale 2624

Sale 2624 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(AFGHANISTAN.) James Atkinson. 15 hand-colored lithographed plates from the deluxe edition of Sketches of Afghaunistan. 9 3/4x14 1/4 inches, trimmed and mounted to original cards as issued, 17 3/4x21 3/4 inches overall; images generally clean and bright, mounts with foxing, soiling, and edge wear. London, 1842

Additional Details

- 1 Scene on the River Sutledge, Near Pauk-Puttun in the Punjab.
- 2 The Town of Roree and the Fortress of Bukker, on the Indus.
- 3 The Encampment at Dadur with the Entrance to the Bolan Pass.
- 6 The Wild Pass of Siri Kajoor.
- 8 The Approach from the Fortress of Kwettah.
- 9 Entrance into Kojak Pass from Parush.
- 11 The First Descent Through the Koojar Pass.
- 18 Surrender of Dost Mahommed Kahn, to Sir William Hay MacNaghten Bart. at the Entrance into Cabul from Killa-Kazee.
- 19 The Main Street in the Bazaar at Cabul in the Fruit Season.
- 20 The Balla Hissar and City of Cabul from the Upper Part of the Citadel.
- 21 Cabul from a Burying Ground on the Mountain Ridge, North-East of the City.
- 22 The Durbar-Kaneh of Shah Shoojah-Ool-Moolk, at Cabul.
- 23 The Avenue at Baber's Tomb.
- 24 The Tomb of the Emperor Baber.
- 25 Cabul Costumes [Portrait of His Majesty Shah-Soojah-Ool-Moolk].