A journal of three months' walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne /
In 1884, an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not on...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Leiden University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Iranian studies series.
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| Summary: | In 1884, an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming watercolor illustrations. The authors' introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persianate influence in British culture, and the general cultural background of late Victorian Britain is presented as the subliminal driver behind a young man's desire to explore, and illustrate, an already discovered country, Persia. |
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| Physical Description: | liii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789087282622 9087282621 |