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Dedar Khan (jemadars or head servants ...
This lithograph was taken from plate 4 of Emily Eden's 'Portraits of the
Princes and People of India'. Eden wrote: "The figures in the print are
Jemadars of Chuprassies or head men of the servants, whom it is usual
to employ in India, for the purposes of taking orders, carrying letters
&c. They are generally dressed in a kind of livery suited to the
native costume." A keen amateur artist, Eden painted the diverse people
she met in India. She also detailed her observations and opinions on
what she saw in letters to her sister, which were published in 1866 in
two volumes, entitled 'Up the Country'.
