India & Punjab – ‘Interior of a Sikh Temple at Umritzir – Reading the Grunt’h’ Original Engraving 1858 from a drawing by W Carpenter measures 35x25cm approx., framed measures 44x34cm approx. W. Carpenter (1818-1899) went to India in 1850 traveling to the Punjab, Kashmir, Afghanistan etc. He returned to the UK in 1857 and sold much of his work to the Illustrated press. In 1881 the V& A Museum purchased 275 items of his artwork