The first, a portrait of a lady after a painting by British artist Tilly Kettle, circa 1790; the second, an oval portrait of Begum Samru wearing a Kashmir shawl and holding a hookah, circa 1840, inscribed Claude S. Steward Sale 15.7.1860
8 ¾ x 5 5/8 in. (22.2 x 14.4 cm.), the largest

84.138: Greater India Co., Boston, 29 November 1984.
92.031: Sotheby's London, 14 October 1992, lot 522.

84.138: P. Pal & V. Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors – British artists and India, 1757-1930, 1986, pg. 155, fig. 156.

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For another portrait of Begum Samru, wearing an identical yellow Kashmir shawl, attributed to Jiwan Ram of Delhi, circa 1830, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 03554(IS). Also see, J.P. Losty & M. Roy, Mughal India – Art, Culture and Empire, London, 2012, pg. 207, fig. 147.