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The head office servants of the Governor-General of India
The head office servants of the Governor-General of India

The head office servants of the Governor-General of India

Artist Emily Eden British, 1797 - 1869
Printer Lowes Cato Dickenson British, 1819 - 1908
Publisher J. Dickenson and Son British
Date1844
CultureSikh
MaterialsChromolithograph, hand painted on paper with printed commentary text on the reverse
DimensionsH. 22 in x W. 17 1/2 in, H. 55.9 cm x W. 44.4 cm
Credit LineGift of the Kapany Collection
Object number1998.63.4
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on view
InscribedPrint Sellers by Special Appointment to Her Majesty and H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent
Text Entries
Emily Eden was as interested in sketching the various servants and attendants surrounding the kings and princes she met in India as she was in drawing the royals themselves. The two men shown in this print are Dhulloo and Dedar Khan. Eden identified them as the head men (jemadars) of the office servants (chaprassis) working for her brother, Lord Auckland, who served as Governor-General of India from 1836 to 1842.