4. Small Indian opaque watercolour on paper

Small Indian opaque watercolour on paper,  depicting a European gentleman being carried within a palanquin while reading his diary, being followed by a group of servants, carrying his luggage. Company school, India, 1850. See similar painting of Thomas Holroyd within his palanquin on loan to The Wallace Collection from the San Diego Museum of Art. 

19cm x 15cm

Calcutta 19th Century  

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