Patna School

Two, bodycolour, one on paper watermarked: SMITH & ALLNUTT 1815 Each 20.5 x 33.5 cm Provenance: Mrs Baldock The artists of the Patna School specialised in the depiction of everyday activities for their British patrons. Traditionally described as the work of the Company School (reflecting the patronage of the East India Company employees) this unique genre evolved as the painting styles of Western and Mughal traditions merged.

Watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic 20.6 x 33.3 cm Jerry Losty notes that this watercolour shows the influence of the lithographic portraits of Sir Charles D’Oyly, which depict ladies with their hair curling in the same fashionable way as in the present portrait. Provenance: Mrs Baldock