Three pietra dura architectural studies from Mughal monuments, by an Agra artist, North India, Company School, circa 1810-20

pencil, pen and ink, and opaque watercolour on paper, the first with watermark 'E & P 1801', depicting the south elevation of Shah Jahan's cenotaph, inscribed in brown ink at lower right ''End of the Emperor Shah Jehan's Tomb/ Taj Agra N^o 2''; the second with watermark 'J WHATMAN 1804', depicting the cenotaph of Akbar at Sikandra, with narrow black border, inscribed in brown ink at lower right ''Acbêr's Tomb''; the third numbered ''9'' in pencil at upper right, with narrow black border, inscribed in pencil within a cartouche at centre of lower border ''Specimen of Mosaics''

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48.5 by 60cm; 45 by 75.9cm; 53.5 by 70cm.