Here the artist has interestingly placed him in a jharokha-window, complete with a carpet draped over the balustrade in front, and a rolled-up screen above, much in the manner that the painters used to present the Great Mughals in some abbreviated, formal portraits. Lord Auckland is dressed to the hilt, looking very much the character he was, gold-brocaded tunic, and hat, and all. But the manner in which the painter, slipping into his natural mode of rendering things, disposes his hands, is remarkably different, Indian.
References:
Goswamy, B.N. Piety and Splendour: The Sikh Heritage in Art (Exhibition catalogue). National Museum, New Delhi, 2000.
Mansingh, Surjit. The Historiacl Dictionary of India. Vision Books, New Delhi, 2000.
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