Fussell, Alexander (sold)
Alexander Fussell (c. 1814 - 1881), sometimes spelled Fussel, was a British artist and illustrator best known for his drawings of birds that appeared in William Yarell's History of British Birds, though he took on a wide variety of subjects, including illustrations accompanying maps.
After the embarrassing British defeat in Afghanistan.
Cabool, the Punjab and Beloochistan.
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This is a rare 1851 John Tallis map of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan drawn and engraved by John Rapkin for Tallis's Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World. A contemporary audience, particularly a British audience, would have viewed this map through the prism of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 - 1842), an abject disaster for the British, and the wider context of 'Great Game' imperial competition with Russia. (more details)