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Ko-i-staun Foot Soldiery in Summer Costume, actively employed among the Rocks by RATTRAY, After Lieutenant James
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Book desription: London: Hering & Remington, [1847-1848]. Tinted lithograph by R. Carrick, hand-coloured and heightened with gum arabic. 14 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches. Gold leaf frame. An arresting image of a participant in the First Afghan War of 1838-1842. This is a beautiful portrait of Meerz Fyze, an Afghani ambassador, from James Rattray's seminal work "Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes, of Afghaunistan". Published in London between 1847 and 1848, this important work was one of the first texts to chronicle the British conflict in Afghanistan. Rattray, who served with the 2nd Grenadiers, Bengal Army, during the conflict, took great pains to note specific details of dress and local customs of the Afghani soldiers and statesmen that he came in contact with. This beautiful lithograph is a wonderful example of Rattray's meticulous work and keen eye for detail. The exotically-dressed tribesman-soldier pauses and gazes steadfastly at the viewer. From a rocky promontory high in the mountains near Kabul he and his comrades hary the British army in the valley far below. The image appears to freeze a moment in time, the pose will only last for a second or two, before he will turn back and once again become part of the storm of activity and gunfire that surrounds him. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 513
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