British army officer and artist, 1822–1859

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Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

A physician's wife and family in a carriage drawn by a camel ridden by a servant: suggesting the social importance of the physician, India (?). Coloured lithograph by F. Jones after Captain G.F. Atkinson.

Sepoy Rebellion: British officers travelling in panniers on the backs of camels and borne in a litter by Indian men. Tinted lithograph by W. Simpson, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

Indian Rebellion: ambulancemen and soldiers searching for and assisting the wounded. Coloured lithograph by A. Laby, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

A bride and a bridegroom talking to one another as they are carried separately in sedan chairs. Tinted lithograph by F. Jones, 1860, after G.F. Atkinson.

A white man (magistrate or policeman?) holds a gun to the head of an Indian man as others retrieve bags of money buried in the ground. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after G.F. Atkinson.

A British administrator and retired physician driving a carriage at high speed, accompanied by an Indian servant. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after Captain G.F. Atkinson.

"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / [George Francklin Atkinson].

"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / by Geo. F. Atkinson.

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George Francklin Atkinson

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Images by George Francklin Atkinson

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"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / [George Francklin Atkinson].

A white man (magistrate or policeman?) holds a gun to the head of an Indian man as others retrieve bags of money buried in the ground. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after G.F. Atkinson.

Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / by Geo. F. Atkinson.

Sepoy Rebellion: British officers travelling in panniers on the backs of camels and borne in a litter by Indian men. Tinted lithograph by W. Simpson, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

George Francklin Atkinson

Images from the collections

Images by George Francklin Atkinson

Works from the collections

"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / [George Francklin Atkinson].

A white man (magistrate or policeman?) holds a gun to the head of an Indian man as others retrieve bags of money buried in the ground. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after G.F. Atkinson.

Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

"Curry & rice," on forty plates; or the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India / by Geo. F. Atkinson.

Sepoy Rebellion: British officers travelling in panniers on the backs of camels and borne in a litter by Indian men. Tinted lithograph by W. Simpson, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

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