Watercolour; painting, village scene with buffalo; Jat women, Delhi, ca.1816. From the Fraser Album, which incorporated paintings commissioned by William Fraser (1784-1835), an East India Company employee, and his brother James (1783-1856) to record local scenes through the services of local artists.
Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: South & South East Asia. Thanks to Allyson Take for help with this entry.
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Current Location
Victoria & Albert Museum
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Current Owner
Victoria & Albert Museum
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
