- INTERESTING ORIGINAL SKETCH -

EDWARDES (Sir Herbert Benjamin, English administrator, soldier and statesman, the 'Hero of Multan', 1819-1868)

'A fakir's camp - from a sketch by Major Delafosse. Bengal artist' - original signed pencil sketch by [Sir] Herbert Edwardes, the 'Hero of Multan', c1840s. 

Vintage pencil sketch on cream-coloured wove drawing paper, by Herbert Edwardes (later 'Sir'). Captioned and signed in the top right, and signed by Herbert Edwardes, followed by his regiment. Undated but circa 1840s. Loose and unmounted. Size -  (of sheet) 28.2cm x 23cm. Provenance: from a mid-19th century album entitled 'The Lahore Residency', compiled by Edwardes [see gallery image].

Good overall condition. Light edge-wear and creasing. A few small closed tears to edges. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.

An excellent drawing by Herbert Edwardes, who later became known as the 'Hero of Multan'. He has attributed his source for this drawing as Major Dalafosse.

The drawing was extracted by us from an album titled 'The Lahore Residency' which contained other original artwork by Edwardes.

Other examples of Edwardes' work are held in the India Office Library. For Edwardes' full biography, see the Wikipedia.