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William Melville (British, fl. 1840-1850) Portrait of a lady in a Indian landscape, holding a Paisley shawl signed to the reverse "Wm Melville Pinxit Simla 1847" oil on canvas 24.50 x 20.50cm (10 x 8in)
Other Notes: William Melville made his name as a portrait painter in India in the early 19th Century, specialising in portraits of British officers. He died in Calcutta in 1850.
Unlined. Inscribed on the frame to the reverse: 'The Most Hon.ble Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor, / 4th MARQUESS of DOWNSHIRE, K. P., Colonel, S. Down Militia. / b. 6 Augt. 1812 d. 6 Aug 1868'

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