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Description: | This lithograph was taken from plate 3 of Emily Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India'. Eden wrote: "A Fakeer is a religious devotee, whether of the Mahomedan or Hindoo persuasion; the person represented in the print is a Hindoo".
The seventh daughter of Baron Auckland, Emily accompanied her brother, Lord Auckland, to India during his time as Governor General (1835 to 1842). She was a talented watercolourist and a keen observer of her surroundings. She had a particular opportunity to observe the people of India when she and her sister Frances ('Fanny') accompanied their brother on his long tour from Calcutta to Punjab for a meeting with Ranjit Singh, ruler of the Sikhs. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | J. Dickinson & Son | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Hinduism | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Eden, Emily | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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