This portrait group was commissioned by the Peshwa shortly after James Wales arrived in Poona, western India, in 1792. Probably through the help of Wales's patron, Sir Charles Warre Malet, 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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