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1850
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Three hand-coloured lithographs from:
Fanny Parks (1794-1875)
Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in search of The Picturesque, During four and twenty years in the East with, Revelations of Life in the Zenna
By
فاني پارکس
Each:Frame Size: 43 x 35 cm
Image Size: 25 x17 cm
Dated 1850
All 3 from Volume 1: contains 28 plate, only 12 were coloured
Illustration no:
Plate 5: The Sicar
Plate 8 :Bengali Woman
Plate 15: A Barkandaz
By all accounts Fanny Parks was a remarkable woman. By the time she came to collating her book, Wanderings of a Pilgrim, from which these original, exquisite hand-coloured aquatints come from, she had taught herself Urdu, Arabic and Hindustani. She signed all her work, her drawings and her prints, فاني پارکس Fanny Parks in Urdu.
Condition:
Nicely framed and mounted, laid to board. Condition: Some fading to the edges of the paper and foxing which could be removed. The colouring of the paper and foxing does not detract from these fabulous images. No tears or rips. Colouring fresh and contemporary to the 19th century. Note: hand colouring was done by different artists which means there will always be a variation in the colours. The sari on the Bengalee woman has been painted in blue. I cannot see another example of this colour. The hand of the artist is not as skilled as that of the other two but this is contemporary 19th century colouring. It could be that the owner of this set wanted more of a visual impact plus blue was always an expensive colour.
Provenance: A Private UK Collection.
‘On 9 December 1834 an exuberant, rather plump, Englishwoman who had celebrated her fortieth birthday the day before set off up the Jumna river from Allahabad in the Northern Provinces in India in a two- masted pinnace (sailing boat), the Seagull, her only companions the 22- strong Indian male crew. Her husband, the Collector of Customs in Allahabad, would join her for a few days if he could get leave from his employer, the East India Company (EIC). Following the Seagull was the cook boat containing goods for the voyage: live sheep, goats and chickens; wine and other provisions; servants included a dhobi (washer- man); and the crew of nine. They travelled from six o’clock in the morning to seven in the evening, anchoring at night and with armed watchmen on shore. The frequent storms, the contrary current, the treacherous rocks in the river, the uncharted sandbanks, the risk of being plundered by robbers – all combined to make this a hazardous but thrilling journey for a woman who craved excitement to counter the boredom of life for a childless Englishwoman in the Indian mofussil (countryside). Who cared what colonial society thought of this enterprise? Certainly not the indefatigable wanderer: Fanny Parkes.’
Fanny Park(e)s was born Frances Susanna Archer in Conwy, Wales, the daughter of Ann and Captain William Archer, 16th Lancers. On 25 March 1822 she married Charles Crawford Parks a writer for the East India Companies.
A travel writer from Wales, known for her extensive journals about colonial India where she lived for 24 years. These are recorded in her memoirs Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque in which she acknowledged authorship only by a signature in Urdu script. In 1970, extracts from her memoirs, Begums, Thugs and White Mughals, became available for the first time since their original appearance in 1850. The first biography, by Barbara Eaton, Fanny Parks: Intrepid Memsahib, appeared in 2018.
Parks began living in Calcutta in 1822, before moving to Allahabad ten years later due to her husband's posting. Parks wrote two volumes on her time travelling through India on horseback and befriending people around her, while learning Persian, Hindustani and Urdu. Her detailed memoirs, written in a lively style, reveal independence of mind. Parks allows an affectionate pre-colonial perspective of northern India and its peoples and customs, recording changes in Britain's governing of India, the economic impact of such policies, and domestic problems in Indian society. People she encountered included wealthy socialites and famine-stricken residents of Kanauj, seen on a trip over mountains from Landour to Simla. Parks' narrative reflects admiration and respect for the richness of Indian culture. It includes a glossary of terms and a collection of translated Indian proverbs.
- Creator:Fanny Parks (1794 - 1875, British)
- Creation Year:1850
- Dimensions:Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Norfolk, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1670216484592
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