Many thanks, Eileen. -- H ----- Original Message ----- From: Eileen Pye [email protected] Portrait at Rideau Hall Charles William Brooke Dear Harshawardhan Bosham Nimkhedkar I hope this is of some interest to you and the Raj list, I no longer subscribe but always read the messages. I think a coloured photo of the painting I am describing below would be of historical value. I have been told that a portrait by Thomas Hickey c. 1790 of Charles William Brooke with the son of the Nabob of Murshidabad, was bought by Sir James Dunn a Canadian industrialist, at Sotheby's in 1950/1 and given to Governor General, Rideau Hall, Ottawa and is now in storage there and would sometimes be checked by curators when it would be an opportunity to get into a more prominent position and have it photographed. The painting had been attributed to Zoffany at one time. There is a black and white photo of the painting in Mildred Archer's book "India and British portraiture, 1770-1825". Charles William Brooke had an interesting family and was half brother of Sir James Brooke, White Rajah of Sarawak. Best wishes, Eileen Pye, Brisbane