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

Portrait of captain johnson, whole length, seated barefoot on the floor in the corner of a room, below a window, with knees pulled up and feet crossed; directed to right, his right elbow resting on his knee, holding a large piece of folded paper over his left knee with both hands, reading; wearing a turban and middle-eastern costume; window with cross-bars at top right; image mounted on card; after eyre. Lithograph with hand-colouring. Date: 1843. Dimensions: Height: 271 mm (card); Height: 160 mm (image); Width: 220 mm (card); Width: 100 mm (image). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Prison Sketches. Comprising portraits of the Cabul prisoners, and other subjects (BM 1970,0527.2.17)