Miss Corner Collection

Fort of Gwalior, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Fort of Gwalior, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Benares, India, 1847. Artist: Kirchner
Benares, India, 1847. The city of Varanasi on the River Ganges. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Bazaar in Bombay, India, 1847. Artist: Kirchner
Bazaar in Bombay, India, 1847. Market in Mumbai, with canopied balconies above. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Bazaar at Cabul, in the fruit season, 1847. Market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Fortress of Ghazni, with the two Minars, India, 1847. Artist: Kirchner
Fortress of Ghazni, with the two Minars, India, 1847. View of minarets in the city of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co)

City of Lucknow, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
City of Lucknow, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Chittapore road, Calcutta, 1847. The Indian city of Calcutta during the British Empire period. Some Europeans can just be seen in the centre of the street

Palace of Allahabad, India, 1847. Artist: Bonner
Palace of Allahabad, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Calcutta, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Town and fort of Agra, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Town and fort of Agra, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The Lall Bang, 1847. Artist: Robinson
The Lall Bang, 1847. The Lal Bagh gardens at Bangalore in India was commissioned by Hyder Ali and completed by his son, Tipu Sultan (1749-1799)

The last effort of Tippoo Saib at Seringapatam, 1799, (1847). The death of Tippoo Sahib (1753-1799), Sultan of Mysore at his stronghold, Seringapatam, India

The merchants of Calicut seized and chained to a barren rock by order of Tippoo Saib, (1847). The merchants of Kozhikode in Kerala, India, are cruelly treated by Tippu Sultan (1749-1799)

The Zenana, 1847. Artist: Bonner
The Zenana, 1847. The zenana is the area in which women are secluded in some Hindu and Muslim families. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Setting in of the monsoon, Cannanore Fort, 1847. The coast at Kannur in Kerala, India. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

A street in Bombay, 1847. View of Mumbai during the British Empire period. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Town and fort of Trichinopoly, India, 1847. View of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, during the British Empire period. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co)

Grand Temple of the Bull, Tanjore, India, 1847. Artist: Kirchner
Grand Temple of the Bull, Tanjore, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Chalees Satoon, or the Pavilion of the Forty Pillars, 1847. Artist: Giles
Chalees Satoon, or the Pavilion of the Forty Pillars, 1847. Pavilion in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

View of Cabul, 1847. Artist: Giles
View of Cabul, 1847. The town of Kabul in Afghanistan. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The favourite wife of Afzul Khan preparing for the suttee, 1847. Artist: Giles
The favourite wife of Afzul Khan preparing for the suttee, 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husbands funeral pyre

The tomb of the favourite Sultan of Akbar Khan at Agra, 1847. The Taj Mahal in India, the great marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Mughal emperor

Khan Lodi overpowered, 15th century, (1847). Artist: Robinson
Khan Lodi overpowered, 15th century, (1847). Indian sultan Bahlul Khan Lodhi (died 1489) was the first Sultan of the Lodhi Dynasty

The Gate of Akbers mausoleum, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
The Gate of Akbers mausoleum, India, 1847. The tomb of Akbar the Great (1542-1605) at Sikandra, near Agra. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband, 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husbands funeral pyre

Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Indian landscape and temple, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Indian landscape and temple, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Goa, from the Upper Curtain, India, 1847. Artist: Dean & Co
Goa, from the Upper Curtain, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Dowlatabad, India, 1847. The detached and precipitous rock on which Daulatabad stands. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Vasco da Gamas introduction to the Zamorin, India, 1498, (1847). Artist: Robinson
Vasco da Gamas introduction to the Zamorin, India, 1498, (1847). Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) is received by Manavikraman Raja, the Saamoothiri (or Zamorin) of Kozhikode

Temple of Somnath, Gujarat, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Temple of Somnath, Gujarat, India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Headman of the village holding his court, 1847. Meeting under a tree in an Indian village. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Caves of Ellora, India, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Caves of Ellora, India, 1847. Ellora is famous for its rock temples, a series of caves carved out of the rocky hillside, one and a quarter miles long, in three sections: Buddhist

Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, 1847. Artist: Robinson
Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, 1847. Hindu deities. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Map of India, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Victoria Town, Hong Kong Island, 1847. Victoria City, one of the first urban settlements after Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842, was often said to be the capital of Hong Kong

Foo Choo Foo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China

Shanghai, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China

Golden Island, China, 1847. Artist: Palmer
Golden Island, China, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

House at Ningbo, China, 1847. Artist: Armstrong
House at Ningbo, China, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Ningbo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, China, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
Ningbo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, China, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China

Amoy, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
Amoy, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China

Whampoa near Canton, the anchorage for European shipping, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
Whampoa near Canton, the anchorage for European shipping, 1847. The port of Huangpo in Guangzhou, China. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Buddhist temple, China, 1847. Artist: Mason
Buddhist temple, China, 1847. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The bay and island of Hong Kong, 1847. Artist: E Gilks
The bay and island of Hong Kong, 1847. Drawn by B Clayton, from a painting by Borget. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The English factories at Canton, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
The English factories at Canton, 1847. Guangzhou, (also known as Canton), was a Factory or trading port in China. After the end of the first Opium War between Britain and China in 1842

Culture and preparation of tea, China, 1847. Artist: E Gilks
Culture and preparation of tea, China, 1847. Drawn by B Clayton, from a painting by Piqua. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Domestic scene, ladies at their usual employments, 1847. Artist: Evans
Domestic scene, ladies at their usual employments, 1847. Chinese women painting and playing musical instruments. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co)

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