Looking back from three-parts downwards, where the 1st Bengal European Regiment had encamped, to assist in bringing over the artillery, is the spot from whence this view was taken, and which represents in the fore-ground the encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment, with a group of camp-followers, some asleep, while others are busily engaged in unpacking their baggage; much difficulty was here incurred, in getting over the park of artillery, which occupied no less than five days of indefatigable exertion, performed by the troops, under a burning sun, with the utmost cheerfulness. This task developed on detachments of fatigue-men, from European, the 13th Light Infantry, and 48th Native Infantry Regiments. Plunder, in every description of articles, was carried on during this encampment, by the mountaineers, who were continually committing outrages, rolling down heavy stones from the crags which overlooked the regimental bazaar, and firing into the camp. Sketches in Afghanistan, Henry Graves & Co. and W.H. Allen & Co., London, 1842. Letterpress title printed in blue incorporating list of plates, tinted lithographic title, dedication leaf, 25 tinted plates by Louis and Charles Haghe. This is one of the earliest collections of views of Afghanistan. James Atkinson, the celebrated translator of Firdausi’s Shah Nameh and one of the first Europeans to explore Afghanistan, was on of the pioneers of oriental studies. The lithographers Louis and Charles Haghe were involved in a number of important publications in the 1840’s and 1850’s and are celebrated for the particular high quality of their work.