Asiatic costumes; a series of forty-four coloured engravings, from designs taken from life: with a description to each subject / By Captain Smith, 44th Regiment.
A costume plate book of forty-four hand-coloured engravings drawn from life by Captain Smith of the 44th Regiment and issued by Rudolph Ackermann in London in 1828 for British readers curious about Indian dress and occupations. Each plate isolates a single standing figure on a bare ground strip, useful for studies of draped white cotton, turbans, sashes and barefoot poses.
