English School, circa 1830

An Album of Drawings and Watercolours including: 'Shuh bu Khue/Moybu Aish'; 'Susgoo ....or Jampasse'; 'Saboo'; 'Hill fort of Malaghur'; 'Golaub Sing'; 'Sookah Sing'; 'Philour Ranjeets Sing's/fort aside the Sutty/...Soodisnah in the distance/1834'; 'Wadu fleet from the/Indus - Seek camp & Himalayan range in /the distance'; 'Dourakah Seria'; 'Siskind'; 'Shrine of the /murdered infants of/Gooroo Gruind-Siskind'; 'Fort & Palace of Kythal' (2); '2 of Ranjeet's horses 2 of Skinners escorting /our carriage in a /....'; 'Mrs James Skinner'; 'Skinner Musjid/Delhi'; 'Skinner Church/Delhi'; 'Delhi East view of Dehli/a Palace B Jumah Musjid'; 'Old Seria Begumobud'; 'Sadah Sultan a Begum'; 'Waffa Begum'; 'Our tent'; 'Meerut Church ...'; 'Annadale fair/Sept 27th. 1833'; 'Ghinurtesa Ghaut'; 'Fort of/Allahabad, showing the function of the Jumna and Ganges'; 'Chunar'; 'Ramnaghur/Benares in the/distance'; 'Bisheshur Ghat/Benares'; 'Puttanghattah/Jan.22 1834'

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English School, circa 1830
An Album of Drawings and Watercolours including: 'Shuh bu Khue/Moybu Aish'; 'Susgoo ....or Jampasse'; 'Saboo'; 'Hill fort of Malaghur'; 'Golaub Sing'; 'Sookah Sing'; 'Philour Ranjeets Sing's/fort aside the Sutty/...Soodisnah in the distance/1834'; 'Wadu fleet from the/Indus - Seek camp & Himalayan range in /the distance'; 'Dourakah Seria'; 'Siskind'; 'Shrine of the /murdered infants of/Gooroo Gruind-Siskind'; 'Fort & Palace of Kythal' (2); '2 of Ranjeet's horses 2 of Skinners escorting /our carriage in a /....'; 'M^r^s James Skinner'; 'Skinner Musjid/Delhi'; 'Skinner Church/Delhi'; 'Delhi East view of Dehli/a Palace B Jumah Musjid'; 'Old Seria Begumobud'; 'Sadah Sultan a Begum'; 'Waffa Begum'; 'Our tent'; 'Meerut Church ...'; 'Annadale fair/Sept 27^t^h. 1833'; 'Ghinurtesa Ghaut'; 'Fort of/Allahabad, showing the function of the Jumna and Ganges'; 'Chunar'; 'Ramnaghur/Benares in the/distance'; 'Bisheshur Ghat/Benares'; 'Puttanghattah/Jan.22 1834'
inscribed as title
one watercolour, the majority pencil, watermark 'J RUMP/1821', 47 watercolours on the pages of the album
12 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 20 cm); the album 12 3/8 x 8 in. (31.4 x 20.3 cm.), overall (47)

Lot Essay

This album appears to have been made by a member of the Governor-General Lord William Bentinck's party which met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab at Rupal in 1831. En route the artist passed through Delhi and met Col. Skinner and his family. Colonel James Skinner, C.B., or Sikander Sahib (1778-1841), retains an unchallenged place in Indian military history. An Anglo-Indian son of a Scotsman and an Indian woman of the Rajput (warrior) caste, Skinner was debarred from military service following a prohibitory decree by the East India Company in 1792. Eventually he founded his own regiment, called 'Skinner's Horse', a strong cavalry force, and served with distinction in campaigns against the Sikhs. A Delhi School Portrait of Colonel James Skinner was sold at Christie's London, 5 June 1996, lot 25, (£7,130).

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