Captain John Young Porter (1780-1812)

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Captain John Young Porter (1780-1812)
Holy Men outside Sir Thomas Strange's House, 1811
inscribed as title on verso; pencil and watercolour heightened with white, watermark J Whatman 1801
22 5/8 x 32 3/8in. (577 x 823mm.)

Literature

P. Pal and V. Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, London, 1986, p.64, pl.4, repr. in colour

Lot Essay

Captain John Young Porter was in the 9th Regiment of the Madras Infantry.
Sir Thomas Andrew Lumsden Strange (1756-1841) was the Recorder and Chief Justice of Madras from 1800 to 1817 and was the author of Elements of Hindu Law, London, 1825

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