A superb lithographic view of Suez. “Captain Head describes his purpose in publishing this work as twofold: ‘to promote a rapid communication with India by way of Egypt, through the agency of steam navigation, and, as a natural consequence of this measure, to secure our Indian frontier against the perils of northern invasion’.” (Blackmer) The work focuses on Egypt. Blackmer sale 673; Blackmer 799; Gay 1846.