The oriental annual: containing a series of tales, legends, & historical romances
The Oriental Annual, edited by John Hobart Caunter and published in 1837, was a British gift book of tales, legends and historical romances set in the East, aimed at a general reading public. Its steel-engraved plates show South Asian buildings, temples and landscapes drawn from a European viewpoint, with rendered skies, tonal shading and small figures that suggest scale and travel; a designer could draw on their architectural silhouettes and atmospheric grey tonality.
