(1797 - 1869) Emily Eden was an English poet, artist and novelist who gave humorous pictures of English life in the early 19th century. In her youth, she and her sister Fanny travelled to India, where her brother George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland was in residence there as Governor-General from 1835 to 1842.
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She wrote accounts of her time in India. From Portraits of the Princess and People's of India.
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Provenance
Messrs R B Das,15-4-1911.
Origin Place
Born in Westminster
School
British-Indian style
Period / Year of Work
1837 AD
Dimensions
29x23.7cm
Brief Description
A black spider monkey from Arracan perfectly tame & full of
sense & information. The old man is one of the keepers of the
menagerie at Barrackpore 1837.
