Jump to content

Fraser Album

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Randhirreddy (talk | contribs) at 16:30, 4 February 2014. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

A folio from Fraser Album, ca 1815-1819

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book | Art and design | The Guardian
  2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html?_r=0
  3. ^ http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/a-fraser-album-artist-1815-1819-the-bullock-drawn-5234711-details.aspx
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fraser_Album&oldid=593905598"