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  1. An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025

    This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  2. An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025

    This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  3. An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025

    This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  4. An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025

    This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  5. An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025

    This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  6. Another #Anniversary today 😄

    The #BostonTeaParty | December 16, 1773

    In #BostonHarbor , a group of #Massachusetts colonists disguised as #MohawkIndians board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

    … was in protest of the #British Parliament’s #TeaAct of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering #EastIndiaCompany by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
    #Boston #revolution #1776

    history.com/this-day-in-histor

  7. Another #Anniversary today 😄

    The #BostonTeaParty | December 16, 1773

    In #BostonHarbor , a group of #Massachusetts colonists disguised as #MohawkIndians board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

    … was in protest of the #British Parliament’s #TeaAct of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering #EastIndiaCompany by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
    #Boston #revolution #1776

    history.com/this-day-in-histor

  8. Another #Anniversary today 😄

    The #BostonTeaParty | December 16, 1773

    In #BostonHarbor , a group of #Massachusetts colonists disguised as #MohawkIndians board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

    … was in protest of the #British Parliament’s #TeaAct of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering #EastIndiaCompany by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
    #Boston #revolution #1776

    history.com/this-day-in-histor

  9. Another today 😄

    The | December 16, 1773

    In , a group of colonists disguised as board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

    … was in protest of the Parliament’s of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
    #1776

    history.com/this-day-in-histor

  10. Another #Anniversary today 😄

    The #BostonTeaParty | December 16, 1773

    In #BostonHarbor , a group of #Massachusetts colonists disguised as #MohawkIndians board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

    … was in protest of the #British Parliament’s #TeaAct of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering #EastIndiaCompany by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
    #Boston #revolution #1776

    history.com/this-day-in-histor

  11. Exceptional results from Sothebys 29th Oct 2025 sale

    This c1850 #Sikh #Painting by Bishen Singh #Amritsar or #Lahore of 'Maharaja Ranjit Singh of #Punjab, #India in Procession, Riding on an Elephant through a Bazar' sold for £952,500 (est £200,000)

    The French inscriptions indicate that this #Art was commissioned by French Army Generals working with the #SikhEmpire as advisors against #EastIndiaCompany

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianArt #History #Heritage #ArtofTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt

  12. Amiban of Rania, #Haryana & probably the 6th legitimate wife of #WilliamFraser, an official of the #EastIndiaCompany in this circa 1816 #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum on Sotheby's auction of 29th Oct, 2025

    Est. £150,000-250,000

    The boy next to her is mentioned as Hazir Khan, son of Tax Collector Nijabat Khan, but is actually Fraser's own, to avoid a scandal back home in #Scotland

    #IndianHistory #BritishInIndia #art #indianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #Heritage #Histodons #MastoArt

  13. 'Two Caparisoned Elephants' from the Louisa Parlby Album, c1795 #CE #CompanyPainting from #Murshidabad #India sold by Sotheby's on March 20th for $53,340
    Louisa was the wife of Col. James Parlby, an Engineer with the #EastIndiaCompany at #Bengal

    The 'B' on the #Elephant may refer to Edward Eyre Burgess, a Judge at Murshidabad in 1772 AD who travelled around with pomp & ceremony

    #ArtHistory #BritishInIndia #IndianHeritage #Heritage #History #IndianHistory #Art #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons

  14. @MoiraEve

    #TrumpCoup by the #TrumpMuskDuumvirate
    #USpol
    #Tariffs #Economics

    (5/n)

    ... [#Dutch?] #EastIndiaCompany and the #French #EastIndiaCompany. Restrictions on where finished goods could be purchased 👉 led in many cases to burdensome high prices for those goods.👈

    👉 Commercial rivalry tended to result in military rivalry as well, notably during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.👈 Colonists seeking to get around the trade restrictions mandated by #mercantilism 2) resorted to...

  15. Ever had an "Ah-ha!" moment with history? Me too! Here’s why the East India Company is a fab tale: from chasing spices to shaping nations. Intrigued? Read more here: jyyna.co.uk/east-india-company/ #History #EastIndiaCompany #LearnFromThePast

  16. As #Delhi gets 'verdant foliage' after the #DelhiRains I am beset with overgrown grass in my garden

    So, I have to call the 'Grass Cutter' and, here he is in this c1830 CE #CompanyPainting from the Balfour Album of 26 #Paintings from the studio of Shaykh Muhammad Amir of #Karraya #Bengal sold by Lyon & Turnbull for £ 112,700 on 21st June from the collection of Mildred Archer

    #India #Art #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Paintings #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany

  17. As #Delhi gets 'verdant foliage' after the #DelhiRains I am beset with overgrown grass in my garden

    So, I have to call the 'Grass Cutter' and, here he is in this c1830 CE #CompanyPainting from the Balfour Album of 26 #Paintings from the studio of Shaykh Muhammad Amir of #Karraya #Bengal sold by Lyon & Turnbull for £ 112,700 on 21st June from the collection of Mildred Archer

    #India #Art #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Paintings #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany

  18. As #Delhi gets 'verdant foliage' after the #DelhiRains I am beset with overgrown grass in my garden

    So, I have to call the 'Grass Cutter' and, here he is in this c1830 CE #CompanyPainting from the Balfour Album of 26 #Paintings from the studio of Shaykh Muhammad Amir of #Karraya #Bengal sold by Lyon & Turnbull for £ 112,700 on 21st June from the collection of Mildred Archer

    #India #Art #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Paintings #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany

  19. As #Delhi gets 'verdant foliage' after the #DelhiRains I am beset with overgrown grass in my garden

    So, I have to call the 'Grass Cutter' and, here he is in this c1830 CE #CompanyPainting from the Balfour Album of 26 #Paintings from the studio of Shaykh Muhammad Amir of #Karraya #Bengal sold by Lyon & Turnbull for £ 112,700 on 21st June from the collection of Mildred Archer

    #India #Art #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Paintings #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany

  20. As #Delhi gets 'verdant foliage' after the #DelhiRains I am beset with overgrown grass in my garden

    So, I have to call the 'Grass Cutter' and, here he is in this c1830 CE #CompanyPainting from the Balfour Album of 26 #Paintings from the studio of Shaykh Muhammad Amir of #Karraya #Bengal sold by Lyon & Turnbull for £ 112,700 on 21st June from the collection of Mildred Archer

    #India #Art #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Paintings #BritishInIndia #EastIndiaCompany

  21. Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry

    From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023

    #Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory

  22. Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry

    From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023

    #Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory

  23. Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry

    From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023

    #Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory

  24. Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry

    From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023

    #Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory

  25. Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry

    From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023

    #Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory

  26. The #Agra Fort from the North & near the #TajMahal by #Artist Sita Ram, commissioned by the Marquess & Marchioness of #Hastings The Earl of Moria (1754-1826)

    This 1815 CE #CompanyPainting from a set was made when the Marquess, as the #EastIndiaCompany Governor General at #Barrackpore #Bengal undertook a journey from #Calcutta to the #Himalayas North of #Delhi in 1814 to inspect British possessions & meet Indian rulers along the way

    Sold by Sotheby's on April 24 for £190, 500

    #Histodons #Art