Lot Essay
Diwan Bubu Ram and his Adopted Son after painting illustrated in M. Archer, Company Drawings in the India Office Library, William Clowes & Sons, 1972, pl. 68.
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Portraits of Soldiers
Company School, 20th Century
gouache and body colour on paper, Summud Khan kneeling with four others in an interior wearing yellow and red uniforms armed with swords and shields, names in panel below; man seated on a terrace smoking a hookah with a companion, manuscript by his side, both identified in border below, signed; the lesson, showing a young student with his tutor, identified above and below signed; Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg and his staff, the elderly man seated on a wicker stool with three members of staff kneeling and standing to the sides, their names in black ink above, signed; Diwan Babu Ram and his adopted son, seated in an interior with manuscripts scattered around, servant standing to the left, signed, all glazed, mounted, wooden frames -- 22.5 x 37.5cm. max.
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Company School, 20th Century
gouache and body colour on paper, Summud Khan kneeling with four others in an interior wearing yellow and red uniforms armed with swords and shields, names in panel below; man seated on a terrace smoking a hookah with a companion, manuscript by his side, both identified in border below, signed; the lesson, showing a young student with his tutor, identified above and below signed; Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg and his staff, the elderly man seated on a wicker stool with three members of staff kneeling and standing to the sides, their names in black ink above, signed; Diwan Babu Ram and his adopted son, seated in an interior with manuscripts scattered around, servant standing to the left, signed, all glazed, mounted, wooden frames -- 22.5 x 37.5cm. max.
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The illustration for Lot 82 is Numbered 81 in the catalogue.