Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.144

c12.144

They were probably executed by one of the same family who was working at Murshidabad in the employ of the Nawab Nazim, of Bengal, about 1782.¹ The living representative of this artist family, when I discovered him, had been obliged, from want of encouragement for his art, to give up the profession of a miniature painter, and to look for more remunerative employment in drawing patterns for a European firm which imported Manchester piece-goods. He has now an appointment in the Calcutta School of Art.