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This suggests that the portrait was painted about 1810-1820. This would make it one of the earliest portrait paintings on ivory in the V&A’s collection of Company Paintings (paintings made by Indian artists for the British in India). The donor, Charles Campbell Prinsep, was the grandson of James Prinsep, who married Evie Campbell and was Assistant to Sir Thomas Metcalfe, Resident at Delhi (1811-1819).","physicalDescription":"This head and shoulders portrait of an Anglo-Indian girl shows her wearing a low-necked, high-waisted gown typical of the Regency period and a pearl necklace.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"metal","id":"AAT10900"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Painted watercolour on ivory. 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