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A British officer in a palanquin, from a series of drawings bound into a volume, depicting methods of transport, Vellore, c.1828 (opaque w/c on paper)
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Yellapah of Vellore (fl.1820s) / Indian
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British Library, London, UK
Medium
opaque w/c on paper
Date
c. 1828 AD (C19th AD)
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Add. Or. 59. A station palanquin with an army officer, perhaps the Fort Adjutant who commissioned the set. Inscribed: ‘Palankeen at a Station.’

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