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EYRE (VINCENT) Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, [John Murray, 1843] image 1
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Lot 137

EYRE (VINCENT)
Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, [John Murray, 1843]

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[EYRE (VINCENT)]

Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates (25 portraits; 7 landscapes) on card mounts, each captioned in blue ink lower right, some spotting to mounts, loose as issued in cloth-backed portfolio boards, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, rubbed, images approx. 170 x 110mm., mounts 275 x 220mm., [John Murray, c.1843]

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A complete set of the handcolored lithographs after drawings made by Lt. Vincent Eyre whilst he, his own and other British families (including Lady Florentia Sale) were imprisoned for nearly nine months by Akbar Khan in Kabul during the First Afghan War.

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