A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, ca. 1845, Made in India, Calcutta, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Codices, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (active 1830s–40s), Many of the East India Company officers who commissioned paintings during the nineteenth century sought a visual record of their own households, including animals, possessions, and servants. Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya specialized in such paintings and depicted these subjects with a naturalism that is both dignified and poetic
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Syce, Groom, Holding Two Carriage Horses, ca, 1845, India, Calcutta, Opaque watercolor, paper, H, 12, 30.5 cm, Codices, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, active, 1830s–40s, East India Company, officers, commissioned paintings, nineteenth century, visual record, own households, animals, possessions, servants, Shaikh Muhammad, Amir, Karraya specialized, paintings, depicted, subjects, naturalism, dignified, poetic
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