Fraser Album
The Fraser Album is a collection of paintings commissioned by British Indian civil servant, William Fraser. It is considered among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art.[1][2] This work is an important documentation of the Mughal empire towards its end.
The artwork covered the life in Mughal era during the time. It compendium has 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, his brother Faiz, and family worked on the Fraser Album, after financial support from the Mughal emperor diminished.
The album works were painted between 1815 to 1819.[3]
Artworks
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Villagers Grinding Corn, a folio from the Fraser Album, Art Institute of Chicago -
Elephant and driver, a folio from the Fraser Album, ca 1815-1819 -
Kala, the Sepoy, with Saber Drawn and in Uniform. 1815-1816. The David Collection
See also
References
- ^ Dalrymple, William (16 August 2003). "William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Schwendener, Martha (8 March 2012). "Scenes From a Dying Empire" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "A Fraser Album Artist, 1815-1819 , The Bullock-drawn carriage of Prince Mirza Babur". www.christies.com.