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From the Collection of Brij and Kanishka Sharma
Lot 49

After Johann Joseph Zoffany
(British, 1733-1810)
'Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match. At Lucknow in the Province of Oude in the Year 1786 at Which Were Present Several High and Distinguished Personages' hand-coloured mezzotint by R. Earldom after Zoffany, mounted, framed and glazed, [1794]

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14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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After Johann Joseph Zoffany (British, 1733-1810)

'Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match. At Lucknow in the Province of Oude in the Year 1786 at Which Were Present Several High and Distinguished Personages'
hand-coloured mezzotint by R. Earldom after Zoffany, mounted, framed and glazed, [1794]
41 x 57cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16in).

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One of the most famous portrayals of the interaction between Indians and the British. Johann Zoffany arrived in Calcutta in September 1783 and was rapidly accepted by British society there, painting many of their portraits, including that of the Governor-General, Warren Hastings. Hastings, together with leading Indian and European members of Lucknow society, attended the Cock Match organised in April 1784 by Colonel John Mordaunt, Commander of the Nawab Asaf-ud-daula's Bodyguard, and a favourite at his court. Others depicted include the Frenchman Claude Martin, the painter Ozias Humphry, the East India Company officer, John Wombwell, and Zoffany himself.

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