Travels of the Prince Waldemar of Prussia to India 1844 – 46

 

 

An exhibition of selected lithographs on the unique trip of Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817-1849) through India. His strong desire to explore the unknown world and to understand other cultures led him at the age of 27 to start his expedition to India, reaching Calcutta in January 1845. His field studies included Patna, Kathmandu, Benaras, Delhi, Nainital, as well as the regions of the Himalayas up to Tibet and finally Lahore, Jaipur, Gwalior, Indore and Bombay. Prince Waldemar was also drawn into the battles of the Anglo-Sikh war of 1844-45. The outcome of this journey to India comprised valuable first-hand observations and innumerable sketches, drawings and water colours

 

nauguration by Dr. Jasper Wieck, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Germany and Ambassador Ronen Sen, President, Federation of Indo-German Societies in India on Thursday, 2 November 2017 at 18:00

 

Followed by a talk in the adjoining Lecture Room II at 18:30 on

Travels of the Prince Waldemar of Prussia to India 1844 – 46

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jutta Jain-Neubauer, Art Historian who has contributed a foreword to the Album

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany; and Federation of Indo-German Societies in India)