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William Andrew Ludlow (1803-1853)
Lot 261

William Andrew Ludlow (1803-1853)

Bengal Troops on the line of March. A Panoramic Sketch by an Officer of that Army (Abbey Life 530)

Closed9 October 2012

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William Andrew Ludlow (1803-1853)
Bengal Troops on the line of March. A Panoramic Sketch by an Officer of that Army (Abbey Life 530)
signed with initials 'WAL' in the plate (pl. no. 9)
handcoloured lithographs, published by Day & Haghe, London, c.1835, with two small-format lithographic pages of text explaining the order of the line of march
unframed
each plate 4 3/8 x 19in. (11.2 x 48.2cm.) and similar
the panorama approx. 346½in. (880.6cm.) long overall (18)

Lt Col. Jervis-White, late 2nd Middlesex Regiment, Healthfield, Wexford (on two exhibiton labels).

Specialist note

RARE. This finely observed panorama forms an affectionate but realistic view of the trials involved in the movement of any large body of troops in India.

Captain Andrew Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835. In the descriptive text accompanying the panorama, he describes putting together the sketches for publication on the long sea voyage home.