A LIVELY BANQUET SCENE

COMPANY SCHOOL, DELHI REGION, NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A LIVELY BANQUET SCENE
COMPANY SCHOOL, DELHI REGION, NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Transparent pigments on paper, with 3ll. in pencil to the upper left corner 'Grand Mussulmans feast; all sitting on grass for want of so/ many beds. A worthy man working on(?)/ as a Butler according to the custom.', framed and glazed
8 x 8 ¾in. (20.2 x 22.3cm.)

Lot Essay

This interesting watercolour is reminiscent of works from the celebrated series of group portraits painted for the two brothers William and James Baillie circa 1815-19 in Delhi. This group of over ninety drawings by Indian artists, discovered amongst the Fraser Papers in 1979, is arguably one of the finest groups of Company School pictures yet known.

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