Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya explained

Honorific Prefix:	Shaykh
Muhammad Amir
Years Active:	1830s-40s
Occupation:	Painter
Native Name:	শেখ মুহম্মদ আমির
Native Name Lang:	bn

Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (bn|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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calcutta house surrounded by a garden with tank and out-houses. British Library. 29 September 2017.
2. Web site: 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 . 29 September 2017.
3. Web site: Painting - A groom with a horse and carriage - Victoria & Albert Museum . Search the Collections . 29 September 2017.
4. Book: From mind, heart, and hand : Persian, Turkish, and Indian drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch collection. Hindu Kingdoms. 213. Welch, Stuart Cary. 2004.
5. Mãrg. 41. Marg Publications. Pal, Pratapaditya. Changing Visions, Lasting Images: Calcutta Through 300 Years. 1988.
6. Amir, Shaykh Muhammad. Khan Majlis, Najma.
7. Web site: A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 29 September 2017.