F.S. Aijazuddin travels to India’s past through the art and prose of Lady Charlotte Canning I n his 19 th book, Sketches from a Howdah: Charlotte, Lady Canning’s Tours: 1858-1861, Fakir Syed ...

The chessboard was painted by Lady Charlotte Canning. Lady Canning was a talented artist who worked mainly in watercolour. In 1850 she accompanied her husband to India, and painted many scenes of ...