Shaykh

Muhammad Amir
শেখ মুহম্মদ আমির
Citizenship Bengal Presidency
OccupationPainter
Years active1830s-40s
A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses.

Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (Bengali: শেখ মুহম্মদ আমির; fl. 1830s-40s) was a Bengali painter in the British Raj period from Karraya in Ballygunge, a suburb in Calcutta.[1][2][3]

Career

His patron was Thomas Halroyd.[4] Fanny Parks lithographed some of Amir's paintings into her 1850 book Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque.[5] Some of his paintings can be found at the India Office Records in London's British Library.[6] The work A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses in the collection of the 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 (ca.1842), which was recently acquired by the Yale Center for British Art. It may be viewed in the museum's Study Room by appointment.

References

  1. ↑ "Calcutta house surrounded by a garden with tank and out-houses". British Library. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Painting - A groom with a horse and carriage - Victoria & Albert Museum". Search the Collections. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Welch, Stuart Cary (2004). "Hindu Kingdoms". From mind, heart, and hand : Persian, Turkish, and Indian drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch collection. p. 213.
  5. ↑ Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. (1988). "Changing Visions, Lasting Images: Calcutta Through 300 Years". Mãrg. Marg Publications. 41.
  6. ↑ Khan Majlis, Najma (2012). "Amir, Shaykh Muhammad". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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