SEMI-COLOURED INK AND TRANSPARENT WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER DEPICTING A STANDING NOBLEMAN IN PROFILE WITH HANDS JOINED IN A REVERENTIAL PRAYER POSTURE (ANJALI MUDRA). THE FIGURE IS DRESSED IN A WHITE ROBE WITH RED COLLAR AND CUFFS, A YELLOW CAP WITH A RED BAND, AND A GOLD RING, WITH A THIN MOUSTACHE AND A RED TILAK ON THE FOREHEAD. THE COMPOSITION IS RENDERED IN THE REFINED LINEAR STYLE OF 19TH-CENTURY BENGAL WORKSHOP PAINTING, WITH SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF RED AND YELLOW PIGMENTS AGAINST AN OTHERWISE UNCOLOURED GROUND, SUGGESTING A SEMI-FINISHED OR WORKSHOP EXAMPLE. THE PLAIN BACKGROUND DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE DEVOTIONAL GESTURE AND ELEGANT PROFILE. AGE-RELATED FOXING AND MINOR PAPER SPOTTING CONSISTENT WITH ITS PERIOD