British Officer, India, 1809

Original watercolor signed and dated by de Caselli, 1809; full-length portrait in uniform, hatless, landscape background showing mountains with low barracks or other buildings at base. Original watercolor signed and dated by de Caselli, 1809; full-length portrait in uniform, hatless, landscape background showing mountains with low barracks or other buildings at base. Swiss-born Caselli was a captain in the Regiment de Meuron, and later a successful miniature painter in Pondicherry. He died there on May 23, 1817 and is buried in the English Cemetery. Title supplied by cataloger.