The mercenary who loved finer things
12245 2 (L-R) Portrait of a painter at work. All works Tashrih volume, British Library; A kayasth/account keeper at work. ;Portrait of the great veena player, Mian Himmat Khan Kalawant. BN Goswamy History of the Origin and Distinguishing Marks of the Different Castes of India. Ms. folio, written within red and gold borders, with 120 full-page illustrations, and 2 illuminated opening pages, native leather. (c. 1830). — Descriptive title of the volume by James Skinner, in the Library of Congress, Washington James Skinner (1778 - 1841) — ‘Sikandar Sahib’, as he came to be known and c...
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