Lot no 8.

Another one from the #FraserAlbum 'Lalita Prashad seated with four Companions'. Estimated £80,000-120,000.
c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #Delhi
William Fraser arrived in #Calcutta in 1802 to join the service of #EastIndiaCompany and, in 1805, was appointed Assistant to Charles Seton, Resident of the East #India Company at #Delhi, spending the rest of his life there, documenting locals in #Paintings
This visual record of his gives a rare in-sight of the local life of the 17th century.

Lot no 7.

'A Trooper of #SkinnersHorse'.
c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #Hansi #Haryana #FraserAlbum, estimated £80,000-120,000.
Commissioned by Brothers William & James Fraser to Depict Local Life in #Delhi.
James was Friends with the #AngloIndian Col. James Skinner of the Famous Irregular Cavalry Corps of Skinner's Horse while William was offered Rank of a Major in the Corp which he Accepted with the Permission of #EastIndiaCompany Resident Sir Charles Metcalfe.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters