POSSIBLY AWADH OR BENGAL, INDIA, 1840-60

The inscription at the top of the painting suggests that this is either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly, who held that rank in the 4th Light Dragoons between 1842-46, or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry.

A near identical portrait attributed to Hyderabad circa 1800 is published Indian Paintings from the 17th to 19th centuries, exhibition catalogue, Tooth Paintings, London, 1979, no. 18.