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| Keywords: Ghulam Ali Khan 002.jpg A stylised calligraphic composition surmounted by an English-style insignia with the name Locksicker The roundel gives the name of Captain Douglas This is apparently Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas 1787-1868 He entered the East India Company's Bengal Army in 1806; served in many campaigns between 1809 and 1826; Lt-Colonel in 1834; ADC to Queen Victoria; left India about 1845; added the name of Douglas to his own in 1851; KCB and General in 1865 C F Buckland Dictionary of Indian Biography New York 1968 p 122 The emblem of a boar before an oak tree is apparently that of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgecombe 1851-1929 A series of 31 paintings by Ghulam Ali Khan fl 1817-55 consisting of views of monuments in and around Delhi and including four portraits of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II reg 1837-58 and his sons Watercolour and gold on paper black margin rules three title pages three sheets of portraits all with identifying inscriptions in English and in Persian in nasta'liq script in black ink the portraits with further inscriptions in nasta'liq script with the date November 1852 Christian date written in Arabic in later mounts loose in contemporary green leather-covered despatch box the lid embossed in gold DELHEE 1854 Size paintings 290 x 215 mm and slightly smaller; mounts 318 x 394 mm ; box 435 x 365 x 110 mm http //www bonhams com/auctions/20833/lot/352/ circa 1852 1854 Ghulam Ali Khan PD-Art-100 Sketches of The Delhee Palace Delhee 1854 | ||||
