13th Jul, 2022 13:00
A PORTRAIT OF A KHITMUTGAR (TABLE SERVANT)
PROPERTY FROM A LONDON PRIVATE COLLECTION
Company School in the Fraser album style, Delhi or Haryana, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1840
Opaque pigments and ink on wove paper, the vertical portrait depicting a standing white-clad Indian male servant, most probably a khitmutgar (table servant), holding up a large tray full of exotic fruits and flowers in an offering gesture, two sepia ink annotations at the top and bottom of the folio reading in English Footman and Kedmutgar, mounted, framed and glazed, the folio 30.5cm x 21.5cm, 47.5cm x 38cm including the frame.
Sold for £750
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