ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOL, AFTER TILLY KETTLE (BRITISH, 1734 - C. 1786)

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ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOL, AFTER TILLY KETTLE (BRITISH, 1734 - C. 1786)
John Graham (1741-1775), in blue-bordered white coat and waistcoat with gold buttons, powdered hair worn en queue
on ivory
oval 1½ in. (40 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

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Lot Essay

The present miniature is after a large-scale portrait by Tilly Kettle, painted in Calcutta circa 1774-1776, sold at Christie's 17 June 1966, (see M. Archer, India and British Portraiture 1770-1825, London, 1979, p. 87, plate 42 and p. 440 and p. 493.
John Graham held the office of Judge of the Supreme Court in Calcutta.

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