Nine Portrait Drawings from Northwest India, 1923
At TEFAF 2026 we will be exhibiting a group of nine portrait drawings from Northwest India. Drawn in 1923 by the British artist-traveller William Collett-Mason (1895–1957) and retained by the artist’s family until 2025, this group offers a window into the lives and costumes of working men in Punjab and Balochistan before the partition of 1947. Several of the drawings will be publicly exhibited for the first time, while others have not been seen since 1924, when six were shown in the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at Burlington House, and four were displayed in the Paris Salon at the Grand Palais.
Exhibited works
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A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason -
A portrait from Northwest India William Collett-Mason