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Captain Richard Barron (British, c. 1798-1838) Views in India, among the Nilgiri Hills, to include ''Taken at Kandelmund, which it represents, and the Toda family inhabiting'; The Kaitee Waterfall; 'A View taken in the Commandant's garden, including C. M. Lushington's House and Kelsoe Land'; 'A View of the late Sir William Rumbold's House, near Ootacamund', 'A General View in Ootacamund', 'Taken from the Bridge' hand-coloured aquatints (6) 39 x 52cm (15 x 20in)
Literature: Richard Barron, 'Views in India, Chiefly among the Neelgherry Hills, Taken during a Short Residence on Them in 1835', London: Robert Havell, 1837 Captain Richard Barron served as the A.D.C. to the Governor of Madras. The present views were made during his short residency in the Neelgherry Hills, (today known as the Nilgiri Hills), in 1835 and were published by Robert Havell in 1837. They feature Ootacamund and its surrounding landscape, which is one of the principal towns in the Nilgiri Hills - a mountain range in southern India noted for its tea and coffee estates. It became a popular resort among British officials and was the summer capital of the Madras Presidency after the region was ceded to the British East India Company in 1798-99. The East India Company commissioned thousands of views of this kind to help consolidate its authority over the region. Examples from this series are held at the British Library and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Colours quite good.

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