Tasvir-e naga sepahi, Picture of a Naga sadhu.

A group of fifteen paintings depicting tradesmen, including a goldsmith, a carpenter, a water-carrier and a scribe, male and female dervishes, and soldiers, including a Gurkha
Delhi or Haryana, circa 1820-30.

Watercolours on paper, with identifying inscriptions in Persian in nasta'liq script.

A fascinating group of paintings, both in the occupations depicted, but also in the striking manner in which the works reproduce the style of the Fraser Album (circa 1815-19), and in some cases recognisable characters who appear in the Album. The group demonstrates that the tradition of painting - both in terms of style and subject-matter - which is seen so vibrantly in the Fraser and Skinner Albums continued and was not an isolated phenomenon.

Source: Bonhams