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Study of a Fakir

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1788

Artist

Attributed to John Alefounder (1730-1795)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Watercolour over pencil on laid paper watermarked with a fleur de lys.
It has been suggested that this beautiful and highly skilled drawing is the work of John Alefounder. It may relate to a series of thirty-six pictures he drew in 1788 with the intention of having them engraved. The pictures included portraits of nawabs and `remarkable characters' as well as portraits of local people, customs and ceremonies. The scheme failed however and the engravings were never produced.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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