William Fraser's Tomb in the Churchyard of St.James's Church

June 30, 1840


Architectural and Building

Bahadur Shah II 1837–1857
William Fraser's Tomb in the Churchyard of St.James's Church
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Fig. 38: WILLIAM FRASER'S TOMB IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, studio of Mazhar Ali Khan, c. 1840. From Metcalfe's Delhi Book. William Fraser (1784-1835) had served in Delhi for thirty ycars when he was murdered by Karim Khan, on the instigation of Shams al-Din, Nawab of Firozepur, the aggrieved son of his old friend Nawab Ahmad Bakhsh Khan. Fraser was buried first in the Christian cemetery north of the Red Fort (sce fig. 106) before he was re-interred in the graveyard of St. James's Church in a marble tomb decorated with tree of life patterns in pietra dura provided by his old friend James Skinner. Watercolour, folio size 25.8 x 19 cm. Brtish Library, London, Add.Or.5475 f.26.
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