Forbes, James, 1749–1819, Preface on finishing these volumes in the year 1800, 1800
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- Preface on finishing these volumes in the year 1800
- Date:
- 1800
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 7-9
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- Forbes introduces the content and form of his text: a series of letters, written while he was a young man employed by the East India Company, and meant to express the "truth and novelty" of his experiences. He recollects that the letters serve primarily to supplement the drawings, which form the primary content of the volumes. He also provides a brief list of works consulted throughout his writing and transcription of the letters, such as "the Ayen-Akbary, the Asiatic Researches, Major Rennel's memoirs, Craufurds sketches of the Hindoos, Roberston's history, Maurice's Antiquities, and the invaluable writings of Sir William Jones." He makes clear the pleasure and exertion in producing the volumes, a task that has taken him six years.
- Physical Description:
- 3 pages
- Genre:
- Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Watercolors (paintings), Drawings (visual works), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
- Subject Terms:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199240
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199240?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1