George Francklin Atkinson
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George Francklin Atkinson | |
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Born | 1822 |
Died | 1859 (aged 36–37) |
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George Francklin Atkinson (1822–1859), was a British artist and writer and an officer of the Bengal Engineers.[1] His paintings depicted colonial life and military battles, mainly in India.[2]
He was the son of James Atkinson who was also an artist, as well as a surgeon and a Persian scholar.[1] Atkinson served with the Bengal Engineers between 1840 and 1859, and witnessed the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "George Francklin Atkinson". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b "The Coming of the Raj". UCSB Library. University of California. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Francklin Atkinson.
- Atkinson, George Francklin (1860). ""Curry & rice," on forty plates; or, The ingredients of social life at "our station" in India". London Day. Retrieved 2024-09-08.