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Lot 69

Sir Frederick Pollock Bt.
(British, 1815-1874)
A Fakir at Agra

7 December 2011, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£400 - £600

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Sir Frederick Pollock Bt. (British, 1815-1874)

A Fakir at Agra
signed 'F.P', inscribed with title and dated '1841' (lower right), pencil and watercolour, unframed
25 x 17.5cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/8in).

Footnotes

The artist was the son of Field-Marshall Sir George Pollock, 1st Bt. who served in the Bengal Infantry. Frederick Pollock served in the Royal Engineers in India in 1841-2, St Helena in 1842, Aden in 1844 and Germany in 1843. His work is described as being in the tradition of William Callow. A Fakir is a Muslim Sufi who teaches Islam and survives on alms. Pollocks depicts this Fakir on the banks of the river Jumna with the Taj Mahal beyond.

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