top of page

William Fraser's Tomb in the Churchyard of St.James's Church

247259-200.png
June 30, 1840
gold-medal-vector-816269_edited.png
subject-icon-1_edited.png
Architectural and Building
Untitled-2.png
Bahadur Shah II 1837–1857

William Fraser's Tomb in the Churchyard of St.James's Church

IMG100727

DESCRIPTION

Fig. 38: WILLIAM FRASER'S TOMB IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, studio of Mazhar Ali Khan, c. 1840. From Metcalfe's Delhi Book. William Fraser (1784-1835) had served in Delhi for thirty ycars when he was murdered by Karim Khan, on the instigation of Shams al-Din, Nawab of Firozepur, the aggrieved son of his old friend Nawab Ahmad Bakhsh Khan. Fraser was buried first in the Christian cemetery north of the Red Fort (sce fig. 106) before he was re-interred in the graveyard of St. James's Church in a marble tomb decorated with tree of life patterns in pietra dura provided by his old friend James Skinner. Watercolour, folio size 25.8 x 19 cm. Brtish Library, London, Add.Or.5475 f.26.

Rate This BookDon’t love itNot greatGoodGreatLove itRate This Book

Your content has been submitted

Post Comment
Ratings & Review
Click To Close Comment Box
Click To Post Your Comment
Show Reviews

sara s

average rating is null out of 5

how to buy a book or pdf ?
i want to read this type of history books.pls reply me

MUGHAL IMAGES

The Mughal Images immediately took a much greater interest in realistic portraiture than was typical of Persian miniatures. Animals and plants were the main subject of many miniatures for albums and were more realistically depicted. To upload your images click here.

The
Mughal Library brings readers of our history and related subjects on one platform. our goal is to share knowledge between researchers and students in a friendly environment.


 

bottom of page