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[RAS 015.073] Baboo (or Head Sircar) a Steward who transacts Money Business


An original drawing with caption ‘Baboo (or Head Sircar) a Steward who transacts Money Business’ inscribed in ink on album folio, c. 1818, by Jairam Das, who worked in Patna from 1815 to 1840.

Part of an album of 36 drawings donated by Major-General Charles (Carlos) Joseph; album folio 21. Unmounted drawing on paper embellished with impressed neo-classical decoration to edges. Outer borders edged with blue watercolour; 12.4 x 19.6 cm.