Calcutta School, circa 1860
East Indian native Policeman, Puri
inscribed as title (lower edge)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
10.5/8 x 7 in. (27 x 19.8 cm.)
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The figure is wearing a belt slung over his right shoulder bearing a badge which reads 'VELL/ORM/PURI'.