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Indian Company School, 19th Century, Four watercolours of Indian men, including a gentleman standing full-length, in a lilac coat, carrying a case, 11 x 7 cm (4.5 x 3in); A musician playing a small stringed instrument, 13.5 x 9.5 cm (5.5 x 4in); A nobleman in a white turban, carrying a sword, seated on a carpet, 14.5 x 9.5 cm (6 x 4in); A man with a stick, 13 x 8 cm (5 x 3in); together with a representation of the God Ganesh, seated and resting against a pillow, holding a white water lily, 13 x 9.5 x (5.5 x 4in) watercolour and Indian ink on paper (5); together with Three paintings on mica, two depicting Indian noblemen carried in palanquins, both 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 6in); and another of a nobleman riding a camel, 9 x 13cm (3.5 x 5in), Indian ink on mica, framed (3); also two Mughal miniature paintings, Tiger and deer hunt with hunters riding in on a horse and on top of an elephant, with script above, 22 x 13 cm (8.5 x 5in); Portrait of a Prince, in a red dress and a turban, inscribed below the sitter, 15 x 10 cm (6 x 4in), gouache on paper (2); French School, 19th Century, A Fallen Napoleonic soldier with his horse beside him, a trumpet on the ground, watercolour, 7 x 10cm; and Charlton Nesbit (British, 1775–1838), A Pastoral scene with a peasant watching a flock of birds, etching, 6 x 8cm (12 watercolours in total)

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