Portrait of the wife of a purser in the east india company's service, with two of her children
this shows the mother and siblings of the boy in museum no. P. 24-1923. Her husband was a purser in the east india company 's service. The miniature was painted in london, possibly for the woman's husband to carry with him. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1800. Medium: watercolor on ivory miniature. Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum.