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A Steward
Culcutta, circa 1846
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A Steward
Culcutta, circa 1846
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, standing within a low landscape wearing a white turban and robes with a document in his left hand, mounted -- 20.5 x 15.5cm. See Illustration.
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Lot Essay
After a watercolour by Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya dated c. 1846, see Mildred Archer, Company Drawings in the India Office Library, London. 1972. p. 28.