THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA; from a Collection of Drawings by Charles Doyley, Esq.

Engraved by J. H. Clark and C. Dubourg; with a Preface and Copious Descriptions, by Captain Thomas Williamson; accompanied with a Brief History of Ancient and Modern India, From the Earliest Periods of Antiquity to the Termination of the Late Mahratta War, By F. W. Blagdon, Esq.

First Edition: 149 pages + (ix pages General Index to the brief history of India), 20 hand coloured aquatint plates within engraved borders, contemporary green straight-grained morocco with gilt and blind borders, marbled endpapers, spine titled and decorated gilt panels - the leather is worn along all the edges and splitting at the top of the spine, all edges gilt, some very light foxing on the plates not affecting the text.

List of the plates:

I. An European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages.
II. A Gentleman in his private Office, attended by his Duftoree, or Native Ojice-Keeper.
III. A Gentleman, in a public Ofice, attended by the Crannies, or Native Clerks.
IV. A Gentleman Dressing, attended by his Head - Bearer, and other Serpants.
V. A Gentleman attended by his Hajaum, or Native Barber.
VI. A Gentleman delivering a Letter to a Soontah - Burdar, or Silver Baton-Bearer.
VII. A Gentleman s Kedmutgars, or Table Servants, bringing in Dinner.
VIII. An English Family at Table, under a Punkah, or Fun, kept in Motion by a Khelassy
IX. A Gentleman with his Sircar, or Money-Servant.
X. A Gentleman with his Hookah-Burdar, or Pipe-Bearer.
XI. Marquis Wellesley’s Dandy, or Boatman, in his Livery.
XIII. An European Lady giving Instructions to her Durzee, or Native Tailor.
XIV. A Dancing Woman, of Bengal, exhibiting before an European Family.
XV. A Dancing Woman, of Lueknow, exhibiting before an European Family.
XVI. An European Lady attended by a Servant using a Hand-Punkah, or Fan.
XVII. An European Lady and her family, attended by an Ayah, or Nurse.
XVIII. Kaut-Pootlies, or Puppets, exhibited by Native Jugglers, for the Amusement of European Children.
XIX. A Natire Gentleman smoking a Goorgoory, or Hookah, in his private Apartments, attended by his Dancing Girls.
XX. Marquis Wellesley and his Suite, at the Nabob of Oude s Breakfast Table, viewing an Elephant-Fight.

Abbbey (J.R.)Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, Dawson, reprinted, 1972, number 435.
Tooley (R.V.) English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860, Batsford, 1954, number 149.
Gordon-Brown (Alfred) Pictorial Africana, A.A. Balkema, 1975, page 151, ‘Sir Charles D’Oyly Bart, 1781-1845. He was senior civil servant of the East India Company in Bengal and an outstanding amateur artist. He retired in 1838 for health reasons and settled in Italy, where he died.’