Indian painter (1830s-40s)
A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses .Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (Bengali : শেখ মুহম্মদ আমির ; fl . 1830s-40s) was a Bengali Muslim painter in the British Raj period from Karraya in Ballygunge , a suburb in Calcutta .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Career
English child seated on a pony and surrounded by three Indian servants His patron was Thomas Halroyd.[ 4] Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque .[ 5] India Office Records in London 's British Library .[ 6] A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses Metropolitan Museum of Art is also attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya.[ 7]
Another work by Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya is A Bay Racehorse with a Groom Yale Center for British Art . It may be viewed in the museum's Study Room by appointment.
References
^ "Calcutta house surrounded by a garden with tank and out-houses" . British Library . Retrieved 29 September 2017 .^ "Trip down memory lane to British Raj: The Met presents Company School paintings" . Architectural Design | Interior Design | Home Decoration Magazine | AD India . 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .^ "Painting - A groom with a horse and carriage - Victoria & Albert Museum" . Search the Collections . Retrieved 29 September 2017 .^ Welch, Stuart Cary (2004). "Hindu Kingdoms". From mind, heart, and hand : Persian, Turkish, and Indian drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch collection . p. 213.^ Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. (1988). "Changing Visions, Lasting Images: Calcutta Through 300 Years". Mãrg . 41 . Marg Publications. ^ Khan Majlis, Najma (2012). "Amir, Shaykh Muhammad" . In Sirajul Islam ; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza ; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Asiatic Society of Bangladesh . ISBN 984-32-0576-6 OCLC 52727562 . OL 30677644M . Retrieved 4 September 2025 . ^ "A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses" . Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 29 September 2017 .
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