Portrait of Tiarmarree, Mr Gilbert Hickey’s Khansamah Madrasee

Drawing, pencil on paper, portrait of an Indian servant named Tiarmarree, by J Bradden, 28th December 1856. Depicts a man in Indian dress, stood square on with his hands at his side, from the calves upwards. At bottom left is the inscription "Tiarmarree, Dec- 28th 1856" and at bottom right "Francis, 'Good curry mem!'" and "J Bradden (?) fecit". On the reverse is the inscription "Mr Gilbert Hicky's Khansamah Madrasee". Khansamah is an Urdu word for house steward or cook in charge of a kitchen. Madras (now Chennai) is a city in south India. Unframed, with the bottom left corner cut off. From the collection of George Turnbull, Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway. The inscriptions on the obverse are in Turnbull’s hand.