Zana, the Bullock-Drawn Carriage of Prince Mirza Babur.

c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #FrazerAlbum sold by Bonhams in 2014 for £56,250.

Driver, Identified as 'Ahir Jadubansi, of the Cowherd Caste, Descendants of Lord #Krishna, inhabitant of #Delhi'

Mirza was a Sons of Penultimate #Mughal King #Akbar II.

Commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Agents by Brothers James & William Fraser, the Album of 92 #Paintings was discovered by #WilliamDalrymple in the #Scotland Home of their Descendants in 1979

'An #Elephant named 'Malwa Baksh'.

This Royal #Animal probably from the Stable of the last #Mughal ruler of #India Bahadur Shah Zafar was made in c1815 AD by a #FrazerAlbum artist & sold by Bonhams on 8th April 2014 for £74,500.

William Fraser (1784-1835), was the #EastIndiaCompany Commissioner for #Delhi who commissioned artists to make #Paintings of 'daily lives then', into what is now known as the important 'Fraser Album'.

#IndianHistory #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #Heritage #History