Keywords: Gurkha soldier 1815.jpg Gurkha infantryman During the 18th and 19th centuries the British employed Indian artists to illustrate the manners and customs of India and to record scenes of monuments deities festivals and occupations This is one such 'Company' painting commissioned by William Fraser in 1815 whilst he was Deputy Resident of Delhi http //www artfund org/artwork/9449/a-ghoorka-sepoy 1815 Author pd-old Gurkha British East India Company 1815 in art Company style Images from Artfund org William Fraser 1815 in India |