Inhabitant of the Garo Hills, Assam, in war-dress.
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Inhabitant of the Garo Hills, Assam, in war-dress. Inscribed: ‘A Mountaineer.’ Note: This appears to be a copy of the engraving by John Alefounder reproduced in J. Eliot, ‘Observations on the inhabitants of the Garrow Hills made during a Publick Deputation in the Years 1788 and 1789’, ‘Asiatic...
Portrait of a body guard of Ranjit Singh with matchlock, and bow and arrows, mounted on a richly caparisoned horse
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Portrait of a body-guard of Ranjit Singh with a matchlock, and bow and arrows, mounted on a richly caparisoned horse. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Taswir i sawar i Ranjit Singh bahadur’ (Picture of a horseman of Ranjit Singh); in English: ‘Runjeet Singh (1814).’