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A Fakir at Agra, India

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1841

Artist

Frederick Pollock (1815-1874)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Watercolour over traces of pencil
25.5 x 17.6 cm, 10 x 6 3/4 inches

The artist was the son of Field-Marshall Sir George Pollock, 1st Bt. who served in the Bengal Infantry. Frederick Pollock served in the Royal Engineers in India in 1841'2, St. Helena in 1842, Aden in 1844 and Germany in 1843. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1872. His work is described as being in the tradition of William Callow.

A Fakir is a Muslim Sufi who teaches Islam and survives on alms. Pollock depicts this Fakir on the banks of the river Jumna with the Taj Mahal beyond.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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Agra, India

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