This portrait group was commissioned by the Peshwa shortly after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wales_(artist)" class="extiw" title="w:James Wales (artist)">James Wales</a> arrived in Poona, western India, in 1792. Probably through the help of Wales's patron, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Malet,_1st_Baronet" class="extiw" title="w:Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Warre Malet</a>, who was the British Resident at the Maratha Court, Wales was invited to paint portraits of many members of the court.
James Wales
1792
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