Company School, circa 1835
Lot 183

Company School, circa 1835

The interior view of a magistrate's court during the enquiry into the murder of William Fraser, the Governor General's representative of the Delhi Territories

Closed24 April 2013

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GBP 10,625

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Company School, circa 1835
The interior view of a magistrate's court during the enquiry into the murder of William Fraser, the Governor General's representative of the Delhi Territories
oil on canvas
28 5/8 x 39¾in. (72.7 x 101cm.)

Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 24 September 2008, lot 187 (sold for £8,125).

Specialist note

Many of the characters involved, including Colonel James Skinner of the famous 'Skinner's Horse', can be identified in the courtroom scene depicted. It is believed that this painting is a copy of a lost original executed by a European artist working in Delhi.