Med Egron Lundgren i Indien 1858-1859 [With Egron Lundgren in India, 1858-1859] Bonnier, Stockholm, 1931

Footnotes

This interesting book deals with Lundgren's watercolours and drawings of Indian noblemen and women, many of Sikh soldiers, palanquin bearers, musicians and other tradespeople, in Calcutta, Benares, Lucknow in particular, and Oudh more generally.

Egron Selif Lundgren (1815-1875) was a Swedish traveller, artist and writer, who went to India to report on the Mutiny, or uprising, of 1857-58. He accompanied Lord Clyde in the campaign in Oudh, including the Relief of Lucknow. His work found much favour with the Royal Family: he was commissioned by Queen Victoria to record the wedding of the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in January 1858, and sketches from his stay at Balmoral in September 1859 remain in the Royal Collection at Windsor. For further information see S. Nilsson and N. Gupta, Egron Lundgren and India, Malmoe, 1992.

For a work on paper by Lundgren, depicting two Sikh and three Gurkha soldiers, see the sale in these rooms, Islamic and Indian Art Online Sale, 20th-28th October 2022, lot 231.