Portrait of 'Kareem'
Date
1815
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Unknown Deli artist (Indian) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN38165
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 280mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Content object
Description
Portrait of Kereem, a Hazara man in service to Mountstuart Elphinstone, referred to here as 'Hazaureh'. The subject wears a brown coat or tunic tied at the waist with a patterned sash, white underclothing with puttees tucked into boots, and an embroidered cap with a black fur or wool trim.
Plate 12 from Mountstuart Elphinstone's An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India… (London, 1815), an account of his embassy to the ruler of Afghanistan, Shuja Shah Durrani Khan (1785-1842) in 1808.
Inscribed ‘PL. XII. A Hazaureh. Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1815.’
According to the accompanying text, ‘The plate shows the dress of the men, which is distinguished by the rolls of cloth which they twist around their legs like the Uzbeks.’
An original 1808-1810 watercolour of this subject is in the British Library.
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), East India Company administrator from 1776, known for his periods as Resident at Poona and Governor of Bombay in the 1810s and 1820s, and involvement in the Anglo-Maratha wars.
Little is known about 'Kareem' other than what is written by Elphinstone: 'a Hazaura, once in my service’. He likely acted as one of Elphinstone's informants; a source of information on the Hazara people and region of Hazarajat, Afghanistan.
Plate 12 from Mountstuart Elphinstone's An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India… (London, 1815), an account of his embassy to the ruler of Afghanistan, Shuja Shah Durrani Khan (1785-1842) in 1808.
Inscribed ‘PL. XII. A Hazaureh. Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1815.’
According to the accompanying text, ‘The plate shows the dress of the men, which is distinguished by the rolls of cloth which they twist around their legs like the Uzbeks.’
An original 1808-1810 watercolour of this subject is in the British Library.
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), East India Company administrator from 1776, known for his periods as Resident at Poona and Governor of Bombay in the 1810s and 1820s, and involvement in the Anglo-Maratha wars.
Little is known about 'Kareem' other than what is written by Elphinstone: 'a Hazaura, once in my service’. He likely acted as one of Elphinstone's informants; a source of information on the Hazara people and region of Hazarajat, Afghanistan.
Associated place