1786 A Map of Bengal, Bahar, Oude & Allahabad with Part of Agra and Delhi...
A Map of Bengal, Bahar, Oude & Allahabad with Part of Agra and Delhi Exhibiting the Course of the Ganges from Hurdwar to the Sea
By: William Faden
Date: 1786 (dated) London
Dimensions: 28.4 x 42 inches (72 x 106.5 cm)
This bright example of William Faden's map of the northern Indian subcontinent records interior settlements and connecting roads and includes some political commentary (“Country of the Dilzat Roy Tributary to Abjid Sing”). The map extends from Delhi in the west to the borders of Burma in the east, Nepal and Tibet in the north to the borders of Odisha (Orissa) in the south.
The title in the upper right is in a large pictorial cartouche, with palm and banana trees, a panther, local inhabitants include an Indian militiaman with rifle, a woman, a Hindu kneeling in worship, and a turbaned nawab, and a Neptune-like personification of the River Ganges, followed by a calligraphic dedication and description of the map.
Condition: Two sheets joined, presenting bright, original color on clean paper with full margins on all sides. Light offsetting is apparent throughout and some crinkling and rolled folds exist near some fold intersections.
Inventory #12220
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