Prison Sketches. Comprising portraits of the Cabul prisoners, and other subjects, Lowes Cato Dickinson, 1843

Portrait of lieutenant h b melville, whole length, in profile to left; seated barefoot on a cushion on the floor, with his right knee pulled up and supported with both hands, crossing his left legs; wearing a turban and middle-eastern costume, with fringed scarf around his waist; image mounted on card; after eyre. Lithograph with hand-colouring. Date: 1843. Dimensions: Height: 272 mm (card); Height: 161 mm (image); Width: 221 mm (card); Width: 101 mm (image). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Prison Sketches. Comprising portraits of the Cabul prisoners, and other subjects (BM 1970,0527.2.24)