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[[File:William Fraser.jpg|thumb|200px|[[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]]]]<br />
The '''Fraser Album''' is a collection of paintings commissioned by [[British India Civil Service|British Indian civil servant]], [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]]. It is considered among the greatest masterpieces of [[Indian art]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/aug/16/art.highereducation|title=William Dalrymple on The Dehlie Book|first=William|last=Dalrymple|date=16 August 2003|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/princes-and-painters-in-mughal-delhi-at-asia-society.html|title=Scenes From a Dying Empire|first=Martha|last=Schwendener|date=8 March 2012|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> This work is an important documentation of the Mughal empire towards its end.<br />
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The artwork covered the life in Mughal era during the time. It compendium has portraits of villagers, soldiers, holy men, dancing women, Afghan horse-dealers, ascetics, village of [[Rania, Haryana|Rania]] and Indian nobles. Some of the noted Mughal painters like [[Ghulam Ali Khan]], his brother Faiz, and family worked on the Fraser Album, after financial support from the Mughal emperor diminished.<br />
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The album works were painted between 1815 to 1819.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5234711|title=A Fraser Album Artist, 1815-1819 , The Bullock-drawn carriage of Prince Mirza Babur|website=www.christies.com}}</ref><br />
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== Artworks ==<br />
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File:Anonymous - Villagers Grinding Corn, page from the Fraser Album - 1981.248 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg|Villagers Grinding Corn, a folio from the ''Fraser Album, [[Art Institute of Chicago]]''<br />
File:Elephant and driver, probably from the Mughal Emperor's stable with a hunting howdar, including pistol, bows and a rifle.jpg|Elephant and driver, a folio from the ''Fraser Album'', ca 1815-1819<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Delhi Book]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Mughal art]]</div>>DesiBoy101