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'''Fraser Album''' is a collection of paintings commissioned by British Indian civil servant, [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]]. It is considered as the greatest masterpieces of [[Indian art]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/aug/16/art.highereducation William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html?_r=0</ref> |
'''Fraser Album''' is a collection of paintings commissioned by British Indian civil servant, [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]]. It is considered as the greatest masterpieces of [[Indian art]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/aug/16/art.highereducation William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html?_r=0</ref> |
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===The work=== |
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It is a compendium of portraits of villagers, soldiers, holy men, dancing women, Afghan horse-dealers, ascetics and Indian nobles. Some of the noted Mughal painters like [[Ghulam Ali Khan]] and his family worked on the Fraser Album, after financial support from the Mughal emperor diminished. |
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Revision as of 16:24, 4 February 2014
Fraser Album is a collection of paintings commissioned by British Indian civil servant, William Fraser. It is considered as the greatest masterpieces of Indian art.[1][2]
History
The album works were painted around 1815 to 1819.[3]
The work
It is a compendium of portraits of villagers, soldiers, holy men, dancing women, Afghan horse-dealers, ascetics and Indian nobles. Some of the noted Mughal painters like Ghulam Ali Khan and his family worked on the Fraser Album, after financial support from the Mughal emperor diminished.
References
- ^ William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html?_r=0
- ^ http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/a-fraser-album-artist-1815-1819-the-bullock-drawn-5234711-details.aspx