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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] This work is an important documentation of the Mughal empire towards its end.

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, village of Rania 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

[1] William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian

[2] ttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html?_r=0

[3] ttp://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/a-fraser-album-artist-1815-1819-the-bullock-drawn-5234711-details.aspx

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 It is a compendium of portraits of villagers, soldiers, holy men, dancing women, Afghan horse-dealers, ascetics, village of [[Rania]] 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.
-[[File:William Fraser.jpg|thumb|200px|[[William Fraser, the creator]]]]
+[[File:William Fraser.jpg|thumb|200px|[[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser, the creator]]]]
 ==See also==