Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835

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Title

Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835

Subject

India

Description

The Oriental Annual (published 1834-1840), in contrast to The Bengal Annual, was published in London and filled with steel plate engravings of various scenes in India and ekphrastic poetry and prose to accompany those images. The stamped leather boards resonate with the typical British literary annual reader as a sign of luxury

Publisher

Bull & Cherton

Date

1835

Contributor

Katherine D. Harris Collection

Rights

Photo credit: Tom Davis

Format

5"x7.5"

Type

board

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Citation

“Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835,” Book Club of California, accessed May 18, 2024, https://bccbooks.omeka.net/items/show/29.